The Glass Menagerie

"When people have some slight disadvantage like [being crippled], the cultivate other things to make up for it..." (Amanda The Glass Menagerie) In the Glass Menagerie, each of the characters represent a characteristic of human frailty in society. Each is searching to find there place in a world that seems so out of control. <Tab/>Before the story even begins it presents the title, The Glass Menagerie. Glass is fragile, and …

…disability to live in the real world, bottling up emotions to a point where you must just run away from it all, or trying to live with ideals from the past and forcing and controlling people with them until something goes wrong and you are brought back to an actual reality. Interpreted this way, The Glass Menagerie, can help us to re-examine our own weaknesses and hopefully realize them before they take over our lives.