“The Glass Menagerie” gave Williams an opportunity to pour out events of his life through the means of fictitious play writing. The Glass Menagerie first opened on March 31, 1945. It was the first big success of Tennessee Williams’ career. It is in many ways an autobiography about Tennessee Williams. He says in the beginning, “I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.” The characters Tom, Laura, and Amanda are very much like Williams, his sister Rose, and his mother Edwina. We can see this very clearly when we look at the dialogue, and the relations between

I am not certain that the American flag, the Statue of Liberty, a portrait of George W. Bush, and a fleet of soldiers could capture the patriotism of America as vividly as Tennessee Williams portrayed his life using three round characters and a collection of glass menagerie.

The material objects that were used by Williams to induce symbolic meaning carried this play from average to a brilliant work of art. Not only did I find this symbolism to be especially interesting, but also it is the reason why I would recommend a friend to see this drama. The jonquils that are referred to from time to time throughout the drama represent Amanda's obsession with her youthful past. When Amanda is taken back to her youthful days she reminisces about her loads of gentlemen callers. She always speaks fondly of her beauty, communication skills, and the 17 gentlemen callers she had once received. "One seventeen--gentlemen callers,” she says. The symbolism of the unicorn is ironically simple. The unicorn symbolizes Laura. She is very different from normal young females. She is confined in her own little world. The unicorn and Laura are parallel in that both stand out. Jim notices and recogniz

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