Man can live truly if he stops living his
illusion.
In the story, the Wingfield
family lived their illusions. It is the reason why they are staying in a
critical life. They don’t progress in the status of their lives.
Amanda romanticizes her past,
living the belief that she was a wealthy Southern belle with lots of suitors.
She also refuses to accept the limitations of her children. She wants Tom to
attend college and make something of himself, but he lacks ambition. Amanda
refuses to see Laura as a cripple with eccentric behavior; instead, she dreams
of marrying her daughter to a gentleman caller who will take care of her
forever.
Both of Amanda's children also
escape from reality. Tom hates his boring and depressing existence and escapes
by going to the movies and dreaming of his own real life adventures. He thinks
about sailing to South Sea islands and going on safaris; he even admits that
"I seem dreamy." Laura hates being a cripple and facing the outside
world; she hides herself away in the coffin-like apartment, playing with her
glass menagerie and listening to her father's phonograph records. None of the
Wingfields can successfully function in the real world. The name Wingfield even
suggests an unreal and illusory life, as if they were birds on flights of
fancy.
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