... "LAURA: I shouldn't be partial, but he is my favorite one. JIM: What kind of a thing is this one supposed to be? LAURA: Haven't you noticed the single horn on his forehead? JIM: A unicorn, huh? "aren't they extinct in the modern world? LAURA: I know! JIM: Poor little fellow, he must feel sort of lonesome ... With the music of the local dance hall filtering through the window, Jim asks Laura for a dance. Unaware of the unicorn's presents upon the table, the horn is accidentally broken while dancing. "JIM: Aw, aw, aw. Is it broken? LAURA: Now it is just like all the other horses. JIM: It'...

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... positive. He wishes to give her confidence and to help her. He leads her in a clumsy dance around the room accidentally knocking the glass unicorn off the table, breaking its horn. Laura did not have a reaction to this. She said that now the unicorn is now just a normal horse "I"ll just imagine he had an operation. The ... horn was removed to make him feel less- freakish! Now he will feel more at home with the horses, the ones that don't have horns- (Williams 86). Instead of helping Laura ... her false hopes. Laura's confidence diminishes when she learns that Jim is affianced. Immedia...

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... also represents the colorful and exciting imagination Laura devotes herself to. Among the collection, there is Laura's favorite, the glass unicorn (202). The unicorn is the only horse to have a horn that separates it from the rest of the menagerie and it represents Laura's loneliness and her non-existence in the world in which she lives. Next, the foreshadowing of the ... (199), but Laura insists that he take it. Then, as the music starts to play, Jim and Laura begin to dance when the tragedy of the horn being broke off took place. Now, Jim breaks the horn and at the same time he has br...

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... and rare" unicorn symbolizes the character's sufferings. The brilliant use of the imagery of the glass unicorn helps express the emotional anguish of Laura. Only when the unicorn loses its horn, and become like the other glass horses does Laura too break free from her fantasy world and snap into reality and realize that she is not a "freak" as she thought ... glass and has a hard time loosening up. Then suddenly, while they"re dancing, they bump the table where the unicorn is and it falls on the floor and breaks its horn. To Jim's surprise, Laura smiles and acts like nothing happened. S...

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... are alone in a candlelit room, things change for Laura. When they get to talking, Laura shows him her favorite figurine from her glass menagerie, the unicorn. In the exchange, the horn gets broken off, and the gentleman caller is quick to apologizes, but Laura shrugs it off and says, "It doesn't matter...I'll just imagine he had an operation. The ... horn was removed to make him feel less-freakish" (Williams 92)! This statement shows the growth and transformation Laura has gone through that night. If that figure had broken the ... ...

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... . Its purpose is completely opposite of practical and realistic. Laura doesn't seem to realize this, however, the irony describes Laura's own world of illusion. When the "horse with the horn" loses the horn and becomes just like the others, Laura gives it to Jim, in a symbolic gesture. It has become normal, like everybody else, and Laura had to send it off with ... ...

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... from the others with her nervousness and her disability. The unicorn is different from the other pieces of glass because of the horn. This is symbolic of Laura's acceptance of being different. When the unicorn is accidentally dropped the horn breaks off, Laura points out that now it is like the other horses. This represents how Laura may feel that she may ... ...

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... longer looks unique. Laura, who usually worships her glass collection more than anything else, replied to his excuse, ""he''s lost his horn. It doesn''t matter. Maybe it''s a blessing in disguise.""- And ""I''ll just imagine he had an operation. The horn was removed to make him feel less " "freakish! Now he will feel more at home with the other horses, the ... ...

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... is something that does not belong in the real world, as she does not. When Laura does briefly enter the real world, it is shown through the unicorn losing its horn,the horn was removed to make him feel less freakish Now he will feel more at home with the other horses.? (p 303). Laura will never belong to the real world, as ... ...

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... break out of her shell. As the play continues, Jim attempts to teach Laura how to dance. They bump into the table and the unicorn figure falls and the unicorn's horn breaks. Jim is sadden that her favorite figure has broken, but Laura is not upset she sees this as a positive thing as she replies to Jim, "It doesn't matter. Maybe ... it's a blessing in disguise. I"ll just imagine he had an operation. The horn removed to make him feel less - freakish! Now we feel more at home with the other horses, the ones that don't have horns-(1951). At this point Laura sees her ... ...

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... her to be even more self-conscious. Though the significance of the unicorn seems to be evident the minute Laura mentions it, it is then altered when Jim breaks the horn off. Ironically, this happens when he is dancing with her. Instead of being hurt, Laura perceives this incident in a way of changing the unicorn into something more common. Because of ... been shining a light on her, allowing her to openly "refract- her hidden colors. However, soon the illusionary image of the glass unicorn is altered again. While at first the broken horn seems to represent Laura's "modernization,"" a ne...

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... through Laura's psychological problems, telling her that she has "inferiority complex," explaining her difficulties with facing reality (1446). The unicorn is also fragile, much like Laura's physical condition. When the horn breaks off, Laura says that it will make the unicorn "feel less-freakish," (1449). Jim had just made Laura feel normal by saying that the world is "full of common ... ...

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... herself as different from other people just because of a defect. She should know that other people probably wouldn't care that she is crippled. After the two accidentally break the unicorn's horn off, Laura says now it can be just like the other horses. Again, she might be symbolically describing herself. After getting aquatinted with Jim, and taking his advice, she might ... ...

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... happens to be Laura's favorite glass and her oldest. But she does not mind that Jim has broken the glass. Laura says, "I"ll just imagine he had an operation. The horn was removed to make him feel less-freakish! he will feel at home now with the horses"(7,983). This symbol shows that Laura has now broken free of her inferiority ... ...

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... these symbols tie in together to create a much deeper context than what is shown. At the end Laura's transformation to a more normal person is displayed by the breaking of the horn off of her favorite figurine. ...

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... and all of them seem to get along nicely together." The unicorn becomes a symbol for Laura--she is different. When Jim accidentally knocks the unicorn off the table and its horn is broken, the unique appearance is gone. Similarly, when Jim kisses Laura and then shatters her hopes by telling her that he's engaged, she becomes broken-hearted. Part of the ... ...

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... the fragility and awkward beauty she possesses. The unicorn is her favourite. It symbolizes how she is different from everyone else and seems to exist in another world. When the horn is accidentally broken off later in the play, it shows how she has rid herself of the inferiority complex and come back to reality. The fire escape is one of ... ...

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... you with him" (459). She is trying to trust Jim with the unicorn as if she trusts him with her love. When he suddenly breaks the unicorn she says "The horn was removed to make him feel less---freakish" (461). She was trying to become more normal, and she had finally fulfilled a desire to be loved. She also wanted to show ... ...

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... . Basking in the admiration of Jim, she goes from painfully shy girl to warm and open woman. She even alludes to her transformation by suggesting that the unicorn, when its horn is broken off, can "feel more at home with the other horses, the ones that don't have horns" (Kirszner and Mandell 1449). This is her way of saying that Jim ... ...

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