Glass Managerie

In Tennessee Williams Play The Glass Menagerie; the theme is some people have difficulty accepting reality of their own life. In the seven act play we are introduced to the Wingfield family, Tom, Amanda, and Laura. Each member of the Wingfield family has difficulty accepting reality. Amanda Wingfield is flat character in the play and is the mother of Tom and Laura. In the play Amanda is constantly referring back to Tom and Laura’s …

…reality. The one character that has the most reality in the play is Jim the gentlemen caller. I think Jim is the most realistic because he brings some reality to Laura, and breaks her out of her shell. We are not told that Laura starts to except reality, therefore we don’t know if she changes. To me the only one of these three characters who eventually excepts the reality of his life is Tom.