Tennessee William’s “The Glass Menagerie”

The gentleman caller in Tennessee William’s “The Glass Menagerie” does represent the hopes and dreams of all we wish for.As Amanda wished for a gentleman caller for Laura, Laura also wished for a gentleman caller to provide her with an escape from her current life.Laura was not desperately trying to get away from her situation like Tom was, however Laura wanted to.Laura portrayed that she escaped to her glass menagerie, so that she would not have to faceher reality.In Laura’s dream for escape, she keeps her feelings towards Jim from high school.Laura kept those feelings going because they were her hope for love, and one day escape. In our society today, everyone grows up with the American dream of finding their true love, marrying their love, having a family, and living happily ever after.This idea is instilled in us from the time we are young, perhaps from fairytales, and fantasy stories we are often told as children.When little girls are playing with Barbie and Ken dolls, it is common to portray the dolls as getting married, having a family, and then moving into their dream house where they all live together forever.Another example is that little girls often act out their weddings, and what their future family will be like.In fact, most girls can tell you exactly what their dream man will look like, and act like from an early age, and Laura held onto these hopes and dreams as we all do. It is normal and healthy for people to have hopes, and to believe in their dreams.As a young girl, I too had ideals of what my dream man would be like.Due to fairytales, movies, and stories one gets their hopes and dreams up.Hopefully one day, prince charming will arrive in our lives, galloping up on his white steed to whisk us away to paradise, and to live happily ever after. Hopes and dreams give us something to wish for, and we oftentimes work for these goals harder in order to make them come t…