An Analysis of Escapism in Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie”

Abstract

This study deals with Tennessee Williams’ work, The Glass Menagerie based on
psychological analysis. The characters in the play are intentionally made to identify the attitudes
and behaviors of each character in order to give up clear descripion of the characters. In the Glass
Menagerie there are three characters who try to escape from reality but they have different
psychological problem in life. Living in illusion is Amanda’s way to escape, playing the glass
figure is the way of Laura to escape from reality, while the way of Tom to escape is going to the
movies. The purpose of analyzing the literary work is to display clearly about the psychological
element in the play and also moral lesson clearly.