The Glass Menagerie: Symbols
Beginning of paper
"I have a poet's weakness for symbols." So states Tom Wingfield, narrator
and major character in Tennessee William's timeless play “The Glass
Menagerie”. Through the eyes of Tom, the viewer gets a glance into the life
of his family in the pre-war depression era; his mother, a southern belle
de ....
Middle of paper
.... Tom, it is a means of escape from fire,
not the type of fire that was considered in its building, but “the slow and
implacable fires of human desperation.” This is especially true of Tom's
apartment. His mother, devastated after her daughter Laura's failure to
cope in business college, becomes obsessed with finding her a gentleman
caller so that she can marry and be well supported. When this caller
finally comes, and it seems like it was meant to be, as they dance and kiss,
he announces ....
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Word count: 1144
Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
