The Glass Menagerie
1. The Unicorn
The unicorn is a representation of Laura after Tom carelessly breaks the glass when he is in a rush to get to the movies. The unicorn is an important piece to Laura and she shows it Jim explaining how it is different just as she is different. But when the horn breaks off unicorn, Laura points out that now the unicorn isn’t different anymore but the same, a normal horse. The unicorn being broken also shows how Laura had to be broken in order to open up to others and escape some of her shyness though she was not able to completely let go. The horse now being normal has no comparison to Laura who eventually gives the figurine up to Jim as a present; The horse better suites him and his normality because he is like everyone else just as the unicorn is like every other horse without its horn.
2. The fire escape
The fire escape represents a way for the characters to escape either reality or their their own worlds that they have created for themselves. For Laura the......
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