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Laura Wingfield In Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie

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What would happen if a young person tried to live the way they wanted to, but couldn’t because the person they loved the most wanted them to do something else? Should they do what they want, or do what their loved one wants? That was the dilemma for Laura Wingfield in Tennessee William's’, The Glass Menagerie. She was a girl who wanted to make her mother happy. The only problem was that if she did she did that, she wasn't happy herself. Even though both Laura and her mother, Amanda Wingfield, show qualities of strength, Laura demonstrates greater strength by proving that she can resist her mother’s manipulation, she can take care of herself, and overcome physical obstacles while staying positive with a good outlook on life. Laura finally takes her own path and decides that if she doesn't want to do something, she doesn't have to. It doesn't matter who says it, or what it is. When Amanda finds out that Laura has been skipping her class, she is infuriated …show more content…

Tom, Laura's brother, and Amanda were fighting and at the end of the argument, Tom was storming out of the house and grabbed his coat, but when he grabbed it, he swung it and hit the stand that Laura’s glass figurines were and some got knocked to the ground and shattered. Laura shrieks, “My glass!-menagerie…[she covers her face and turns away].” (Williams, 25) Even though Tom just broke Laura's favorite item, with nobody even doing anything about it, she doesn't pout, she doesn't get revenge, and she doesn’t throw a fit. She is upset in the beginning, but she moves on and realizes that Tom didn't intend on doing it, she got over it and went on with her life. This shows that Laura cares very deeply about this glass and that even though it's just been destroyed, she's okay because she knows that Tom is more important and needs to worry about bigger

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