Main Characters Laura Wingfield - She is the crippled and very shy daughter f !manda "h #eeps her hard pressed t finding a hus$and% Tm Wingfield - !s Laura&s sister' he is als pressed $y his mther t find his sister a gentleman caller' and t #eep the ($ at the she factry t supprt the family% !manda Wingfield - She is the mther f Tm and Laura and ften digresses $ac# t memries f her frmer days n the suthern plantatin farm and her night "ith 1) gentleman callers% *im +&,nner - -e is a friend f Tm frm the factry "h Tm invites t dinner and !manda treats as Laura&s first gentleman caller% Minor Characters .r% Wingfield - -e is !manda&s hus$and "h deserted the family a$ut 1/ years ag and is nly seen in the play as a large phtgraph hung n the "all' $ut he is ften referred t% Settings The Wingfield huse - This ta#es up mst f the stage and the different rm are separated $y curtains% There is the living and the #itchen% The fire escape - This is n the side f the stage and is "hat the characters use t get int and ut f the apartment% Plot Tm $egins $y intrducing the play as a memry play f his "n memry f his past% -e intrduces the character% The start f the play sh"s the Wingfield family eating dinner% !manda #eeps telling Tm t che" is fd' and Tm gets thrughly annyed and leaves the ta$le t sm#e% !manda tells her stry f 1) gentleman callers% The ne0t day' Laura is sitting at her des# in frnt f the type"riter chart "hen !manda cmes in angry% She as#s Laura a$ut the $usiness cllege and tell Laura she fund ut that she drpped ut% Laura e0plains that she culdn&t handle the class and "ent "al#ing everyday% Later !manda sits "ith Laura and as#s her a$ut a $y she li#ed% Laura pints ut *im in the year$#% Later' Tm gets int an argument "ith !manda% !manda cannt understand "hy Tm ges t the mvies every night% Tm says he cannt stand "r#ing fr the family li#e he des% Tm ma#es his speech a$ut $eing an assassin and leaves t the mvies% -e returns late at night drun#' $ut lses the #ey% Laura pens the dr and Tm tells her a$ut the mvie and the magic sh" he sa"' giving her a scarf frm the magic sh"% The ne0t mrning' !manda ma#es Tm "a#e up as usual and prepares him fr his "r#% Befre he leaves' she as#s him t $ring hme a gentleman caller fr Laura% That night Tm infrms his mther that he as#ed *im +&,nner t dinner the ne0t day% The ne0t day' Laura and !manda prepare furiusly fr the dinner getting "ell dressed and decrating everything% !t night' Tm arrives "ith *im% !fter they eat dinner' the lights g ut and !manda $rings ut the candles% Laura sits alne "ith *im% They tal# fr a "hile' and *im #isses Laura' $ut regrets it% -e tells her that he is already engaged' and Laura is devastated% She gives him a glass unicrn "hich "as $r#en during the night% *im says gd-$ye t the family and leaves% !manda is angry "ith Tm fr nt telling them that *im "as engaged' $ut Tm insists that he did nt #n"% Tm leaves never t return% Symbols victrla - the escape and the private "rld f Laura% (n1uils - a reminder f !manda&s glrius past% magic sh" - the escape s desired $y Tm% glass menagerie - Laura&s private "rld' and the $rea#ing f it% fire escape - simply the escape frm !manda&s "rld% Tm see#s t leave it' $ut Laura stum$les "henever she des% unicrn - Laura&s singularity' her return t reality' and her return t her retreat $ac# int her "rld% candela$rum - Tm&s relatinship (r lac# theref) "ith his family% scarf - Tm&s attempt t share his magic and desire fr escape "ith Laura% gentleman caller - the real "rld as ppsed t !manda&s imagined ne% Style The rgani2atin f the play is ut f the rdinary% Tm&s rle as a narratr' character' and stage directr is sme"hat ff the "all' and the use f the screen "here the pictures are pr(ected is nt cmmn% -"ever' it des serve the purpse "ell as the pictures set the md' and Tm acting as a character and narratr all"s us t enter int Tm&s mind and his inner "rld and thughts% Philosophy The idea cnveyed in this play is that f image versus reality% !manda has a picture f the "rld and f gentlemen callers $ut "hich isn&t a reality in the ghett&s f St% Luis% Laura has her "n imaginary reality% !nther philsphy is that f escape% Tm tries t escape' and eventually des in the ftsteps f his father% Laura is nt see#ing as hard t escape as Tm' althugh it "uld d her sme gd t escape her "rld and !manda&s% She cmes clse "ith *im' $ut is devastated and regress $ac# int her "rld' pr$a$ly deeper than she "as $efre% Quotes 3+n thse ccasins they call me - 4ll 5ia$l6 +h' 7 culd tell yu things t ma#e yu sleepless6 .y enemies plan t dynamite this place% They&re ging t $l" us all s#y-high sme night6 7&ll $e glad' very happy' and s "ill yu6 8u&ll g up' up n a $rmstic#' ver Blue .untain "ith seventeen gentlemen callers69 Tm says this t !manda in a fit f rage% 3But the mst "nderfullest tric# f all "as the cffin tric#%%%% There is a tric# that "uld cme in handy fr me-get me ut f this : $y ; situatin%9 Tm says this t Laura after cming $ac# drun# frm the mvies and magic sh"% 3Laura6 Why' Laura' yu are sic#' darling6 Tm' help yur sister int the living rm' dear6 %%% 7 tld her that it "as (ust t "arm this evening' $ut - 7s Laura all right n"<9 !manda tells this t Laura' *im and Tm at the dinner% 38u #n" "hat 7 (udge t $e the tru$le "ith yu< 7nferirity cmple06 =n" "hat that is< That&s "hat they call it "hen smene l"-rates himself6 7 understand it $ecause 7 had it' t% !lthugh my case "as nt s aggravated as yurs seems t $e%9 *im tells this t Laura "hen they are alne tgether after the dinner%