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Escape To Freedom

The Glass Menagerie

Escape to freedom, a theme that drives the story in The Glass Menagerie. There are several objects in the story that symbolize escape. For instance, the fire escape that Tom Wingfield spends most of his time in or around fore shadows his "escape" from his family. The movie theatre that Tom visits every day is a symbol of escape. The picture of the father hanging in the living room is a big symbol of escape. Very carefully placed symbols all around the dialogue in this piece give clear understanding of the characters intentions. It's not just Tom that wants escape from his coffin of a house, for his mother, Amanda, and his sister, Laura, also want escape. However, Amanda more so than Laura wants an escape that she cannot achieve herself, but she believes in her Laura to escape for her. The theme of escape is widely referenced in The Glass Menagerie.
The only way in or out of the Wingfield house is a fire escape, in which Tom frequents many times......


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