Dreams of Escape in The Glass Menagerie

Dream of escape at 'glass zoo' Everyone can cope with the crisis, but daily life is the most difficult aspect of life '(Jackson 19). This is especially true for The Glass Menagerie. Everyone in this story can not live happily with present. Everyday life becomes very blind and repressive, dreams and fancies of each character become more important than reality. Through their dreams, Amanda, Tom, Laura, and Jim tried to escape the monotony of life beyond reality.

The dream of "glass zoo" and escape from all characters of "glass zoo" do not currently have the ability to live. Everyday life is so depressed that each character returns to a fantastic world through their dreams. In this article we will explore the reality faced by Amanda, Tom, Laura and Jim and explore how each role they pass through their dreams going beyond reality. Amanda "loses" her husband, two children, brothers of Tom and Laura Laura, Jim Connor (friend of Tom and Laura's high school friends) and Winfield (Tom and Laura's father, Amanda's husband) He gave up his family long before the game began. The title "The Glass Menagerie" represents a series of glass animals exhibited at Wingfields' house. At some point these animals represent each personality when they can not accept the reality. The theme of this play is the fight of characters in accepting the truth.

Escape from the Glass Zoo In Tennessee Williams' s play "Glass Zoo", one character can not live in the real world. Laura, Amanda, Tom, Jim use various methods to escape the cruelty of life. Laura retreated to the world of record of glass animals and old gramophone. Amanda is caught in the past. Tom ran away to the world of writing and poetry of his poem. Jim also returned to the past and remembered his time as a hero. Laura retreats this article to discuss the metaphor related to the characters of the "glass zoo" and how these metaphors represent each piece of American dreams. Like her glass collection, she is too fragile to bring it into the real world without breaking. Because of her sensitivity, she avoided talking to people for so long, so when she finally tried to talk to Jim she did not see her being manipulated . Amanda is a faded southern beauty