The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a touching play about the lost dreams of a southern family and their struggle to escape reality. The play is a memory play and therefore very poetic in mood, setting, and dialogue. Tom Wingfield serves as the narrator as well as a character in the play. Tom lives with his Southern belle mother, Amanda, and his painfully shy sister, Laura. The action of the play revolves around Amanda's …showed first 75 words of 615 total…

…showed last 75 words of 615 total…recurring theme of a struggle towards a better life and the inevitable disappointment this brings. The parallelism of Tennessee Williams' life to that of Tom Wingfield together with Williams' magnificent us of symbolism make The Glass Menagerie not only a classic dramatic production but also a captivating story. Audiences world wide have appreciated this work of art since it opened on Broadway with rave reviews in 1945. This play is a must for any literary library.