Indulging in Escapism In The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams’ presents us with a Family whose lives seem to be trapped in avoiding reality instead of facing it. The play, which is much like our own lives, is constantly pointing out ways of escaping. The characters in the play each try to find there way to escape but find that they continue to tangle themselves into there problems even more. Escaping is a main theme in …showed first 75 words of 709 total…

…showed last 75 words of 709 total…in a world of glass animals. Tom though he does run away in hopes to find his dream still ends up in a dreaded life. Amanda still can’t support herself and she continues to live in a fantasy world imposing it upon Laura. Laura ends up with no job no skills and hurt by Jim. The attempts made to escape a life of avoiding reality fail and Tom, Laura, and Amanda are still trapped.