The Glass Menagerie is a play, in which its events are taken from the memories of the narrator, Tom Wingfield. The play is set in St. Louis on the year 1937. Tom is a leading character in the play. He is an amature poet who works in a shoe warehouse to support his mother, Amanda, and his sister, Laura. Tom and Laura’s father, Mr. Wingfield, ran off years ago and has not been heard from, other than a postcard they received.
Amanda is disappointed that Laura, a shy girl who is forced to wear a brace on her leg, because she doesn't attract many men, and is still painfully single. She often entertains the children with stories of her past. Amanda enrolls Laura in a business college, hoping that she will make something of herself, and for the …show more content…
They use candles as lighting. Amanda encourages Jim to talk to Laura in the living room while she cleans up with Tom. At first, Laura is awkward and quiet, as usual, around Jim, but slowly becomes more relaxed as she gets use to his company. She tells him that she had always had a crush on him in highschool, but was too backwards to ever talk to him. She even brings up the nickname he had given her, “Blue Roses.” It was a mispronunciation of a condition called pleurosis, which she suffered from in high school. He talks about how she shouldn’t let herself be so shy and she should not be so hard on herself. However, he does go on to compliment her on being unique. At this point, she gets comfortable enough to show him her favorite glass animal, a unicorn. They begin to dance together, but in the process Jim manages to break the unicorn by knocking it over. She forgives him for it only knocked off the horn. She points out that it is now regular horse. In the midst of all the excitement, Jim kisses her. Realizing what he has just done, he quickly pulls away apologizes to her. He explains that he had gotten carried away and that he, in fact, has a serious girlfriend. Depressed, knowing she can’t do anything about it, she offers him the broken unicorn that is now a horse, as a
Amanda is disappointed that Laura, a shy girl who is forced to wear a brace on her leg, because she doesn't attract many men, and is still painfully single. She often entertains the children with stories of her past. Amanda enrolls Laura in a business college, hoping that she will make something of herself, and for the …show more content…
They use candles as lighting. Amanda encourages Jim to talk to Laura in the living room while she cleans up with Tom. At first, Laura is awkward and quiet, as usual, around Jim, but slowly becomes more relaxed as she gets use to his company. She tells him that she had always had a crush on him in highschool, but was too backwards to ever talk to him. She even brings up the nickname he had given her, “Blue Roses.” It was a mispronunciation of a condition called pleurosis, which she suffered from in high school. He talks about how she shouldn’t let herself be so shy and she should not be so hard on herself. However, he does go on to compliment her on being unique. At this point, she gets comfortable enough to show him her favorite glass animal, a unicorn. They begin to dance together, but in the process Jim manages to break the unicorn by knocking it over. She forgives him for it only knocked off the horn. She points out that it is now regular horse. In the midst of all the excitement, Jim kisses her. Realizing what he has just done, he quickly pulls away apologizes to her. He explains that he had gotten carried away and that he, in fact, has a serious girlfriend. Depressed, knowing she can’t do anything about it, she offers him the broken unicorn that is now a horse, as a