Summary:
Charters in Tennessee Williams' novel "Glass Menagerie" decribes how symbols relate to the characters' personalities, especially Laura who is symbolized as a glass unicorn.
In the magnificent play, The Glass Menagerie, written by Tennessee Williams, the characters each have their own unique personalities. Throughout the play, Tennessee Williams symbolically relates the characters personalities to everyday objects. In the play, Tennessee Williams symbolically relates the character Laura to a glass unicorn. The unicorn represents Laura's loneliness, her uniqueness, and her fragileness. Readers will learn how Tennessee Williams uses the idea of symbolism throughout the play. Like the glass unicorn, Laura lives a lonely life, and considers herself different from everyone else.
Throughout the play, Tennessee Williams portrays Laura as an extremely shy individual. Growing up with a bad leg, Laura considers herself different from everyone, and isolates herself from the outside world. Remote from the outside world, Laura resides in her house and attends to the care of her collection of glass.....
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