I absolutely loved “The Glass Menagerie.” It made me realize how a young person with a disability can feel so different, having an inferiority complex. I also felt the pain Laura endured being so painfully shy. I loved Laura, even though she was a young woman, she had a real innocence about her. Her mother was a bit overbearing for me. She clearly loved her children, but she put down Tom a bit too much, and overprotected Laura. Initially I felt bad for Tom, but when he used the money to pay his union dues rather than paying the light bill, it angered me.
The symbolism of the broken unicorn touched me. I thought Laura identified with the unicorn, and looked at its broken horn in an optimistic way which was touching. The unicorn was now like the other horses and didn’t feel different anymore. I felt sad for Laura and wished there was some way she could “break her own horn,” and feel good about herself. I felt so bad after Jim kissed her and then told her he was engaged. She seemed brokenhearted, but then gave Jim the broken Unicorn as a present. I listened to the audio recording with Helen Haze, and watched some video clips of the 1973 movie with Katherine Hepburn. Both of these were outstanding performances, which added to the experience for me.
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Submitted by Kesley Hynes
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