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Three Important Symbols in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams      Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   In Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, the narrator is used to reveal elements of Williams' own life as a victim of the Depression in the 1930s. Williams does this through his eloquent use of symbolism. Three symbols seem to reveal Williams' intent especially accurately; the unicorn, the picture of Mr. Wingfield, and Malvolio's coffin trick.      Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   The unicorn is a symbolic representation of ways that Laura is unique or unusual.   The first facet of the unicorn, its horn, refers to ways that Laura is an unusual person, such as in her may escape mechanisms.   Laura's escape devices include her glass menagerie, list... ...ness in the Plays of Tennessee Williams. Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University, 1997.    Presley, Delma. The Glass Menagerie: An American Memory. Boston: Twayne, 1990.    http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/williams_tennessee    Williams, Tennessee. "The Glass Menagerie". New York: Random House, 1985.