The glass menagerie
The glass menagerieThe Glass Menagerie Essay
In the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, Laura portrays a crippled character. Her handicap causes her to look down upon herself for her whole life. Laura presents herself as a fragile human being, easily broken at any moment just like a piece of her own glass collection. Laura lacks confidence in herself because of her problems and she lives her life as if she should be put in a case and not moved because of her delicacy.
The author describes Laura as a crippled young girl with a myriad of problems. Laura becomes crippled after a childhood illness leaves her one leg slightly longer than her other. Laura separates herself from everyone else because of this defect. She perceives herself as unpopular and unimportant in the eyes of her peers. She separates herself to the point where she and her glass collection are one and the same thing. She identifies well with the uniqueness and delicacy of her unicorn. Just as the unicorn differs from the other horses in the collection, Laura too, does not fit in with the people of her time.
Laura exhibits very negative thoughts and feelings about herself. Laura assumes that everyone notices her flaws and dislikes her because of them. Laura fears that she will grow up to be an old maid. She does not relate to other people well because of her shyness and unpopularity. Her only pleasures consist of being home with her family, her glass collection, and her father's...
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