In the play The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams uses the playwrights' art to introduce and develop key themes and generally, further the audiences understanding of the play along with its deeper meaning. In scene seven, the last scene of the play, Williams uses these techniques especially to summarise the main political and theatrical points that are developed throughout the play. The scene follows two important events, the discovery that Jim is engaged and the departure of Tom. Both reflect the hopeless situation that the Wingfield family is in and that they will probably never escape from their `trap'. This emphasises Williams' political views on the enslavement of the working class and also the themes of, the attempted escape from reality, and the impossibility of real escape. These themes are repeated throughout the play and the final scene is a chance for the playwright to leave the audience with...