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The play, The Glass Menagerie , by Tennessee Williams portrays the escapisms and illusions of the Wingfield family, Laura, Tom and Amanda, and the varying degree of damage these indulgences cause to themselves and others. The difficult and trying situations in which the Wingfield family find themselves cause them to descend into a world of glass figures, past glories, and dreams of adventure. It is a world, though not real, that is more pleasant than the …

…in the play The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams. Despite their concerns for themselves and one another each of the Wingfield's fail to help each other thus leading to a tragic end. Their inability to step back and look at the scene rationally proves to be fatalistic and somewhat pathetic. It results in them forcing the spectre of illusion to rise further over the family and thus prevents them from ever functioning in wider society.