... among men" (G.W. Knight 38). As for The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), the idea conveyed in this play is that of image versus reality. The main theme of this play is about a frustrated family who are deserted by the father and each character escapes his/her reality in a different way. Amanda Wingfield, she is the mother of Tom and Laura and often digresses back to memories ... 'll go up, up on a broomstick, over Blue Mountain with seventeen gentlemen callers!" Tom says this to Amanda in a fit of rage. Laura has her own imaginary reality through her glass menagerie her...

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