The Glass Menagerie Essay

The differences between the female roles in the play, ¨The Glass Menagerie¨ by Tennessee Williams, is a significant observation. Even though Amanda and Laura are mother and daughter they are very different. They both have different mindsets, and different personalities. Amanda is a mentally strong women, and Laura is as fragile as glass. This makes you question If Amanda Wingfield, wasn't so demanding, over protecting or overpowering. Would Laura be any less fragile than she was? Or would Laura be more like her mother?

Amanda the mother of both Laura Wingfield and Tom Wingfield, was a single mother. Her husband left her.¨He was a telephone man who fell in love with long distance.” (Williams, 181) because of ¨the Wingfield family has been

She was young but not too young. Laura isn't normal, “A childhood illness has left her crippled, one leg slightly shorter than the other.” (Williams, 179) Laura “denies the fact that she can achieve things like all other women are doing in her generation.” (Bui) because of this illness. Between Amanda and Tom, her life wasn't her own. With an overpowering, overprotective mother and a brother that was miserable because he wasn't living the life he wanted to be living, he loved his sister but he loved adventure more. Treated like she was disabled by both of them made her feel even more disabled. Even more fragile than she already was. A person can be stronger than they really are, as long as they believe. Witch in this case Laura didn't believe in

Or practice your short hand a little. Stay fresh and pretty!-- It’s almost time for our gentlemen callers to start arriving.” ( Williams, 184) Even though there wasn't any gentlemen callers coming, and her mother knew. I feel as if that, made her feel even worse about herself. How can you be okay when you know you're expected so much from but there's nothing you can do about it.

“Laura, who feels abnormal because of her birth defect” (Bui) is extremely shy, she was afraid of the world outside her window. And refused to life a normal life. “All she does is fool with those pieces of glass and play those worn out records” (Williams, 200) Laura was young but, she was watching her life pass her by.

“Instead of searching for a better life, Laura chooses to follow her disillusioned mother's wishes and marry herself off to a decent man” (Bui) When her brother Tom brought a friend over she couldn't believe what was happening. When Laura was in high school, she once cared about his Man. Laura was scared of thought of even seeing