THE GLASS MENAGERIE

In describing Amanda’s personality she can only be described as a southern belle desperately clinging to the past, before her dreams are destroyed by the harsh realities of the world. Amanda devastated after her daughter Laura’s failure to cope in Business College, becomes obsessed with finding her a gentleman caller so that she can marry and be well supported. For Amanda, the fire escape is symbolic of her hopes and dreams--hopes and dreams …showed first 75 words of 2466 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2466 total…trips on him. Tom leaves, but his going away is not the escape that he craved for so long. The guilt of abandoning Laura is overwhelming. He cannot seem to get over it. Everything he sees is a reminder of her. Tom is now truly following in the footsteps of his father. Too late, he is realizing that leaving is not an escape at all, but a path of even more powerful desperation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**