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Essay Galaxy - The Glass Menagerie: Symbols
The Glass Menagerie: Symbols
The play The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, Williams uses many symbols
which represent many different things. Many of the symbols used in the play try
to symbolize some form of escape or difference between reality and illusion.
The first symbol, presented in the first scene, is the fire escape. This
represents the "bridge" between the illusory world of the Wingfields and the
world of reality. This "bridge" seems to be a one way passage. But the direction
varies for each character. For Tom, the fire escape is the way out of the world
of Amanda and Laura and an entrance into the world of reality. For Laura, the
fire escape is a way into her world. A way to escape from reality. Both examples
can readily be seen: Tom will stand outside on the fire escape to smoke, showing
that he does not like to be inside, to be a part of the illusionary....
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