Authors uses symbolism to display a deeper idea about the topic. It shows how a character can be represented as in a story. In the play, Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, there are three characters: Tom, Amanda and Laura. Each of them have their own objects that symbolizes them as the play goes on. Throughout the play, Tom has been wanting to escape from home and be away from the family. Laura is a shy girl, and her mother, Amanda, has been seeking for a gentleman caller for her, but doesn’t work because she’s fragile like glass. Because each symbol in the story shows what they represent, it includes the feelings and their actions. Furthermore, the glass menagerie symbolizes Laura as a transparent glass. When light is shined on the glass,
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In the beginning of scene 1, Tom says “He is the long-delayed but always expected something that we live for” (Williams 5), which symbolizes that the gentleman caller was long overdue. Therefore, it resembles that the family’s hope of having a brighter future is greater because Amanda and Tom can take off the weight on their shoulders knowing that Laura has someone to take care of her. Because Laura is 24, Amanda wonders about what would happen to Laura and says, “What are we going to do, what is going to become of us, what is the future?” (William 12). Amanda is looking into the future to see what the future holds for them because Laura being there at home without a significant other makes them stuck. By being stuck, Laura makes both Tom and Amanda stay with her to take care of her because she quit school and has no one to depend on, and that led to her being jobless. To conclude, in this play there are many elements that has symbolism such as the glass menagerie symbolizing Laura’s beauty and fragility, the coffin trick symbolizing Tom’s wanting to escape and gentleman caller symbolizing hope for a brighter future. Throughout the play evidences were found to prove that each of these symbols play with the themes it coordinated with. Copious amounts of people have their own special way to express how they
In the beginning of scene 1, Tom says “He is the long-delayed but always expected something that we live for” (Williams 5), which symbolizes that the gentleman caller was long overdue. Therefore, it resembles that the family’s hope of having a brighter future is greater because Amanda and Tom can take off the weight on their shoulders knowing that Laura has someone to take care of her. Because Laura is 24, Amanda wonders about what would happen to Laura and says, “What are we going to do, what is going to become of us, what is the future?” (William 12). Amanda is looking into the future to see what the future holds for them because Laura being there at home without a significant other makes them stuck. By being stuck, Laura makes both Tom and Amanda stay with her to take care of her because she quit school and has no one to depend on, and that led to her being jobless. To conclude, in this play there are many elements that has symbolism such as the glass menagerie symbolizing Laura’s beauty and fragility, the coffin trick symbolizing Tom’s wanting to escape and gentleman caller symbolizing hope for a brighter future. Throughout the play evidences were found to prove that each of these symbols play with the themes it coordinated with. Copious amounts of people have their own special way to express how they