The Glass Menagerie

Tennessee Williams wrote "The Glass Menagerie" in 1945 when he was about thirty-four years old. The play was his first real success, and he was widely recognized as a great writer. One of the great aspects of this writing in particular is Tennessee’s use of symbolism all throughout the play. The symbols that he uses help give the reader a much better understanding of the characters in the play, and they give us more insight …

…As can be seen there are quite a few symbols in the play "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams. I am sure that there are others, but these alone are enough to see that Tennessee Williams was very big on symbolism, at least in this writing. They certainly give the reader a much better understanding of the characters in the play, and they also give us more insight into how these characters feel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**