Dominique Cain Conflict inThe Glass MenagerieResponse 6B 2 September 2014 The Glass Menagerie is a sadistically miserable, heartbreaking play that rummages through the past of Amanda, Tom, and Laura Wingfield. However, Williams - the author - main focal point is of Laura. Depicting her as a hapless fool, she represents the very title of the play, glass. Throughout the play and the character introduction there is ana clear emblematic link made between Laura and the title. In the introduction, Williams eludes that the distance between reality and Laura increases "til she is like a piece of her own glass collection, too exquisitely fragile to move from the shelf" (Williams, 51). This same glass that Laura looks to for comfort can also be symbolic to her state of vulnerability and of illusion. Her favorite ornament is the unicorn, which are is associated with illusions., and is like a The unicorn is like a horse, but not completely due to its horn -. Therefore therefore this gives the unicorn a uniqueness. In scene 7 Jim unintentionally breaks the unicorn's horn, making it look like a horse. This signifies how Jim is trying to pull Laura out of herself, removing her uniqueness - however, this only furthers Laura to draw more into herself and exposes her vulnerability (Williams, scene 7). Lastly to hint that the play is specific to Laura, in his production notes Williams describes the musical themes of the play eluding to Laura, saying that "when the play focuses upon her and the lovely fragility of glass which is her image" (Williams 133). All of theseThese instances hint to the title being created from Laura's personality, eluding that "both of those ideas should be woven into the recurring tune" (Williams). Throughout the play he constantly indicates that she is the glass using the unicorn reference, musical themes, as well as her vulnerability. Due to this the reader can than infer that Laura is the 'menagerie'.