Question

Is the Glass Menagerie a play within a play? Why?

Answer 1

It recapitulates the disappointments of the other characters — “It's not just a play within a play, it is the play in a lot of ways,” Mr. Tiffany said — while revealing a more substantial Laura and more wounded Jim, two fellow “unicorns” as unsuited to the harsh ordinary world as Laura's glass animals.

Answer 2

It recapitulates the disappointments of the other characters — “It's not just a play within a play, it is the play in a lot of ways,” Mr. Tiffany said — while revealing a more substantial Laura and more wounded Jim, two fellow “unicorns” as unsuited to the harsh ordinary world as Laura's glass animals.

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