Symbols in The Glass Menagerie This play written by Tennessee William and the name of work is The Glass Menagerie,writer in that play uses pretty much symbols which reperesent many different things.Usually these symbols used in the play for emphasizing some shape of escaping from the reality and having imaginary or illusion life.In that play and in the first scene we see that the fire escape, this represent sort of Bridge , between the imaginary world of wingfields and reality of the world, Because in many case we figure out that the characters are not much brave to face up with truth or reality of their world.This bridge looks like to be a one way of journey.But the direction different for each of the character.As I said the symbols represent and meaning a different things for character, for instance Tom sees fire escape is way out of world of Amanda and Laura it is kind of joining into a world fresh dimensions.But for Laura,fire escape is much different then others, for her it means to have journey into her own world, away to avoid from the reality.Amanda feels fire escape as way to join the gentelmen lives.By that she is also trying to get away from her own empty life. By the way the writer, Tennessee Williams uses the same symbols as escape from his own reality as well.In Tom’s opening speech , he says ‘’ I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.’’Actually this quote gives the reader that William reflects his own life throughout the