Appearance vs. Reality In "The Glass Menagerie" written by Tennessee Williams, the main characters Laura, Tom, and Amanda refuse to face the reality of their truly disrought lives by building their lives on a fragile foundation of dreams. The title, "The Glass Menagerie," illustrates the idea the things are easily broken and the power of illusion helps you deal with painful facts. They are trapped in a drab and joyless lives where the power of …showed first 75 words of 389 total…

…showed last 75 words of 389 total…may now feel even more hopeless. Tom lives in a world of adventurous dreams and motion pictures. He fless from his worriesome mother and unfulfilling day job, but one can see that as he narrates the story, he never truly found "what he was looking for" on his travels. As for Amanda, she continues to relive her debutante days. Thus, to some extent the characters remain unchanged at the end of the play. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**