Keeping in mind that the entire concept of Tennessee William's The Glass Menagerie is that it is a dream, I have been trying to get a sense of the character that this dream belongs to. The answer I am foreshadowing is that this dream is Tom's. I believe that this is Tom's dream because he seems to me like the only character that would make sense that he could have this dream, this memory, after he has left the family.
It is no secret that Tom is considering leaving the family just as his father did. We see some proof of this during a few of the beginning scenes. In scene four, Laura is trying to get Tom to make up with his mother after their dispute. Tom says, "It don't take much intelligence to get yourself nailed up in a coffin. But who in the hell ever got himself out of one without removing a nail?" (Williams 1249). Well, his father did just that. We see that Tom is stressed, overworked, feeling neglected, and still craves adventure. With these things in mind, I can infer that there is a good possibility that he might go away later on, and be in make-up dream about this critical time in his lifeLastly, it is with great thought, that I foreshadow Tom's leaving the house.
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