Part one of term paper
Many symbols can be found in the play The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams. The most prevalent symbol is that of the glass unicorn. The unicorn is one of Laura’s most prized possessions. The unicorn symbolizes the life that Laura lives and how much it changes because of one gentleman caller. The loss of the horn of the unicorn leads ...

Part two of term paper
... of Laura. The unicorn was "one of the oldest. It’s nearly thirteen"(1752). Laura is the oldest sibling just as the unicorn is the oldest. Laura also has the mentality of a younger person it is as though she was thirteen as well. Laura tells Jim that the unicorn has a "single horn on his head"(1752). Laura too has just a single difference from everybody else, her handicapped leg. Laura is lonesome in this house where she is different from both her mother and brother. Jim says that the unico ...