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The Glass Menagerie Essay
In the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, Laura portrays a crippled character. Her handicap causes her to look down upon herself for her whole life. Laura presents herself as a fragile human being, easily broken at any moment just like a piece of her own glass collection. Laura lacks con ....
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.... her to become physically ill. Laura can not handle being around other people or in crowds because of her shyness. She can never be the center of attention because of her lack of self-confidence and how she feels that.
The other characters regard Laura as a perfectly fine and beautiful woman. Amanda, her mother, feels that if Laura tries to get a gentleman caller and stops worrying about other the insignificant things, she could be very successful in her goals. Jim, her gentleman caller, realizes that Laura has an inferiority complex at the root of her problems. Tom, Her br ....
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