ows Laura’’s frailty and innocence. As proven by the play’’s title, William’’s uses Laura’’s glass menagerie as an important symbol to represent her sensitive nature and fragility. Laura does not want to become involved with the world outside her apartment. ““She prefers the comfort of her home and of her glass animals.”” (Kohn, 1)Laura chooses to spend her time with her tiny glass animals, and she treasures them more than actually participating in daily contact with other people. ““She is very innocent, very much like the glass she polishes and looks at.”” (1) ““Even though it is very fragile, the glass shines, producing a multitude of colors in the light.”” (2) This is much like Laura herself. ““The most prominent use of the symbolic glass menagerie comes at the turning point of the story when Jim is left alone with Laura.”” (Daire, 3) The conversation turns to Laura’’s glass collection, when she remarks ““glass is something you have to take good care of.”” Once again, Laura’’s fragility is shown and the symbolism of the unicorn is presented. The most dominant symbol of Laura in the play is the glass unicorn. ““It is evident after the conversation between Laura and Jim that the unicorn represents Laura –– delicate, sadly different, an anomaly in the modern world.””(Daire, 2) ““Jim says ““poor little fellow, he must feel sort of lonesome”” to which L

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