The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams
In The Glass Menagerie, there is a bit of situational irony present at the end of the story. Williams places situational irony at the end of the story to throw the reader off guard. I know that ending particularly surprised me! After the gentleman caller finally comes to the house, the family is thrilled. Amanda is thrilled that her daughter might finally get married, and Laura is about to meet with the man who she secretly admired during her school days. However, once Jim starts to break Laura's shell, he admits that he is doing something terribly wrong by spending the evening with Laura. Jim tells Laura that he has "been going steady...with a girl named Betty"(Williams, 1284). He says this to Laura after he has already kissed her and instilled a new sense of confidence within her. I felt awfully bad for Laura after Jim confessed that he was in love with another woman. After Laura had opened herself up to and started falling for this man, he just told her that he would never see her again. I feel like Jim's presence in Laura's life helped her become less shy; however, I feel as though Laura wanted to be more to Jim than an acquaintance.
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