... Tom that their mother is afraid that she (Laura) will end up an old maid. The lights dim as the "Glass Menagerie" theme music plays. An image of blue roses appears on the screen as the scene begins. Laura is polishing her collection of glass as Amanda mounts the steps outside. Amanda's face shows the evidence that something has happened. When Laura hears Amanda, she hides her ornaments and plants ... herself in front of a diagram of a keyboard. Amanda goes through a melodramatic routine of tearing up the keyboard ... then? Duty, love, inertia. And Tom has his movies, his writing, and his...

• Word Count: 5517
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

... The Glass Menagerie is mainly about the spiritual paralysis of human beings as the result of the depressive atmosphere of the society, breakdown of family institution and lack of understanding among even the most intimate persons; that is, the members of a family. In the 1939 letter to his editor, Audrey Wood, Williams states, "I have only one major theme for my work which is the destructive impact of society on the ... a dramatic portrait of Williams' own mother, Edwina. The Glass Menagerie deals mainly with the mental life of the characters rather than their physical life and in this re...

• Word Count: 3081
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School