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• Tom


  Protagonist who spends the duration of the play plotting his escape and wrestling with the choice of following it through
• Tom realises


  He will never truly escape and will forever have to carry the burden of his guilt
• Tom's relationship with Laura

  Strong as they both knew the pressure of Amanda's critiques
• How Tom and Laura dealt with the pressure

  1. Tom found escape through physically leaving

  2. Laura uses her glass menagerie to escape as it helps her to get about her life and struggles with anxiety for a while
• Tom knows


  Laura wants out of the situation as well however he knows she wouldn't leave their mother as she may be a nag but Laura is too gentle and caring to let her go
• Tom will carry the guilt of leaving her for the rest of his life