Deception and Symbolism

Deception and Symbolism <Tab/>In Tennessee Williams play, "The Glass Menagerie" there is many forms of deception and symbolism. In this play Williams tells about a young man named Tom, his sister Laura, his mother Amanda, and his father. Tom is a character in the play and also the narrator of the play. Tom is a young man ready to "escape from his mother's apartment and from his shoe factory job..." (…

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