Why The Unicorn Must Lose Its Horn

Part I of Essay
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 ....

Part II of Essay
.... is lonesome in this house where she is different from both her mother and brother. Jim says that the unicorn "feel[s] sort of lonesome"(1752). Laura is alluding to herself when she talks about the unicorn being the only one among the other horses. When Jim says that the unicorn is lonesome Laura replies with, "Well, if he [is] he doesn’t complain about it. He stays on a shelf with some horses that don’t have horns and all of them seem to get along nicely together"(1752). When the unicorn looses his horn the unicorn becomes just like all the ot ....