Marginalized Voices in The Glass Menagerie

humanities

The Glass Menagerie is a play of memory, frustration and disillusionment. Here we can find different kind of human experiences which are subjective in nature. It is one of the best theatrical successes of Tennessee Williams. Here we can find the characters are not able to face reality with a full courage. These characters are a glimpse of modern characters in which we can easily find the attitude of escapism. The result lies in the fact that the world of illusion dominates over the world of reality. The result is catastrophic but it cannot be perceived initially by the human consciousness. The writer has presented a very fine balance between illusion and reality, consciousness and sub consciousness which is very praiseworthy. The narrator recollects the disintegrating story of his family and the world of illusion seems very comfortable to him. He can imagine that he is happy but this imagination has nothing to do with the reality. The central character Laura has been portrayed as sensitive and gentle but unfortunately she has limited herself and it seems that she wants to get rid of her own shadow. She is beautiful but mute and passive.

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