The Glass Menagerie, a play by Tennessee Williams, is well written with a significant/influential theme, an engaging plot, and an eclectic cast of characters. The play contains four main characters: Amanda, the mother, Tom, the son, Laura, the daughter, and Jim, the gentleman caller. Throughout the play, Amanda wants Laura to find a husband, even though she is shy and crippled. Tom is the man of the house, which means he's obligated to pay the bills. Tom must push his dreams as a poet to achieve this. Amanda, towards the end of the play, persuades Tom to invite one of his supposedly single colleagues to dinner to meet Laura. In scene seven, several unexpected events occur that surprise the audience, such as Jim having a fiancé and Tom leaving Amanda and Laura. The beginning of the last scene of The Glass Menagerie contributes to the audience's understanding of Luara, the theme of the play, and the play as a whole. The seventh scene of The Glass Menagerie is essential for the audience to fully understand Laura. In this scene, Laura begins to show another side...