Summary+Glass+Menagerie

This play is a tale about a family of three, Tom, the narrator, Amanda, his mother, and Laura, his sister. Tom narrates the play and is constantly reminding the audience of his longing to leave his small home and study abroad. The play is mainly about the life of the family, and the adventure to get Laura married. Laura has a disability and in addition she is very shy, therefore she has not had many suitors. Tom and Amanda get into a fight with one another in which Tom accidentally knocks over and breaks much of Laura's glass menagerie, her most precious possession. Tom finds a man from the warehouse in which he works to bring home to Laura. Jim, the prospect, went to the same high school as Laura, and Laura coincidentally had a crush on Jim once upon a time. Jim and Laura get along really well together, and begin to dance with one another. While dancing, Jim accidentally knocks over a glass unicorn, Laura's most prized animal in the menagerie, and the horn off it breaks off. Laura then says that it’s okay, it is now a horse, and Jim and Laura kiss. Jim then steps back and tells Laura that he is engaged to be married. Laura gives him the glass horse (unicorn) as a gift to remember her by. Amanda then blames Tom for all that happened to Laura, saying that he didn't care to check whether or not Jim had someone or was engaged to anyone. After the fight Tom fulfills his dream of going abroad. He leaves for many years but reminds the audience that during all of his adventures he cannot forget Laura.
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