character chart of The Glass Menagerie
character table Tom: brother, also be the narrator, who works for the whole family and support his older sister and his mother who has no job. As the role who takes place of father, he hates his life, job, responsibilities to take care of the house. He tries to escape the house from the movie, alcohol. However, his dream is being a writer. Amanda Wingfield: mother, has no job, she is really helpless, hopeless since it is hard for her to marry and find a job. She is afraid that Tom will escape the house like her husband. So she puts all her hope on her daughter, hoping her to marry a man who can support him. At the same time, she memorizes all her past such as when she was young, she got a lot of gentleman callers. Comparing her past and her life now, she is poor. Laura Wingfield: daughter, who is 2 years older than Tom. She devotes herself to the collection of glass figurines. She is the sky. At the same time, she is the best hope f...