... to ignore them completely. They engross themselves in their own little world in order to escape reality. We see various examples of this with the Wingfield family in Tennessee Williams' theatrical masterpiece, "The Glass Menagerie." Amanda Wingfield is the mother of Tom and Laura. She is a "southern belle" whose glory days have long since faded away. She is struggling to come to terms with ... the fact that she is not in the same position she once was, socially or economically. She still takes great pride in the appearance of their home and brags ... chooses not to interact with people...

• Word Count: 485
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Escape The Glass Menagerie is a play of a family of three: a mother and two grown children, who live in a St. Louis apartment. Once Amanda's husband leaves because he loved long distance than his wife, they struggle to live through the money from Tom's job at the shoe warehouse. Everyone in the family is trying to escape the difficult situation that they are in which eventually but only is successful ... old enough that she did not need to depend on her brother and mother for help. In order to keep up the appearance that she still attended business school, Laura would just walk around the cit...

• Word Count: 875
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School