An essay on Tennessee William's play "The Glass Menagerie", specifically commenting on how the father is the most influential character in the play.

No Father, No Play, No Glass Menagerie <Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/> <Tab/> <Tab/>Mr. Wingfield is the embodiment of escape in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. Having abandoned his family years ago, Mr. Wingfield never appears onstage during the play and has not contacted his family, with the exception of a …

…can have in unifying a family. Although his familial situation was different, the effects of the father were the same. Bray remarks about Williams' life, "[Williams'] father was home all the time, and that was one of the major problems of [his] family" (quoted in Williams XI). Because this play is considered to be autobiographical, one can logically conclude that Mr. Wingfield's absence has a tremendous effect on the present dysfunctional state of the family.