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The Wall
In Tennessee William’s play, The Glass Menagerie, we are brought into the home of the Wingfield family during the 1930’s. Through the events that occur to these sadly delusional characters in the play, Tennessee Williams shows us how people cope with reality. Williams reveals to us how people that can not face reality form delusional worlds that end up only confining them, though they can escape these self - imposed prisons by achieving the courage and self - respect to break down their illusionary walls.
Through the members of the Wingfield family, Williams shows that people who can not face the harshness of reality build up delusional worlds where they are supposedly safe. ... She wards off her feelings of inadequacy and inferiority caused by her “defect” by totally retreating from society into the world of her glass menagerie. ... She reaches quickly for a piece of glass” (1907). When confronted with reality, she immediately heads for the peaceful non - demanding world of her glass menagerie. ... Her glass menagerie means a great deal to her; it is her security. When Tom accidentally breaks part of her glass menagerie, “Laura cries out as if wounded” (1910). ... The safety of her glass menagerie world made the outside world even harsher. ... He too, however, is at least slightly delusional, and Williams shows again through Tom that people have delusions that keep them down. ...
Tennessee Williams shows in this play that though their dreams often confine them, people who build up their own imaginary bonds, can break their chains once they are able to achieve the courage and self - respect enough to escape their self - imposed walls -- to do something to change their condition. ... Her favorite figurine, the glass unicorn, is broken by Jim, but she does not seem perturbed. ... People built up thick rock exteriors to hide from the pain and block it out, because on the inside they are as fragile as the glass in Laura’s menagerie.
Approximate Word count = 1502
Approximate Pages = 6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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