“The Glass Menagerie” is a lamentable play, tormented by a missing father, a young man following in the footsteps of his father and a mother whose only life is lived in the past. There is another unhappy member of this dysfunctional family: Amanda's daughter, Laura. Laura lives in a fantasy world, afraid to face the reality of her crippled destiny. She exists in a world of glass, pretty and impeccable. Laura represents the glass menagerie; this is reinforced by the disjunction of the maladaptive unicorn's horn which in turn represents its handicap. The fragile Laura is treated throughout the story as if she were breakable. When she tries to do something, her family members “come to her rescue” and forbid her from doing rather simple tasks. The family's respect for her fragility is demonstrated when Amanda stops her from bringing the blancmange: "No, sister, no, sister, you will be the lady this time and I will be the black one," Amanda says, well that Laura is already up. . The family tries to hide their protection from her and give her little excuses, which is when Amanda explains by saying: "Take your place, little sister, I want you fresh and pretty, for the gentlemen who call you ! A similar situation occurs shortly after, when Laura tries to do a simple household task and gets up and insists, "Mother, let me clear the table." Even though she shows a real desire to clear the table, her mother refuses, advising her to do something else: “No, darling, you go ahead and study the board on your typewriter. . . “It is sheltered and protected; just like glass. When someone handles glass, it is done gently and care is taken to prevent it from breaking. The same concept is applied here. The family treats her with care because she... middle of paper... she didn't know many people, which made her a little lonely. During Jim and Laura's dance, Jim accidentally falls on the table, causing Laura's favorite glass item to fall onto the floor: the unicorn. As it crashed to the ground, its horn separated from the unicorn. Laura makes up a story to accompany the accident. “I just imagine he had an operation. The horn was removed to make him feel less weird! From now on, he will feel more comfortable with other horses, those without horns. . .” The horn symbolized Laura's disability. Laura thinks that if she were rid of her disability, she would be like everyone else and not be so “weird”. Just as Laura tells Jim that blue doesn't suit pink, people shouldn't be disabled because horses aren't supposed to have horns. In this perspective, she is the glass menagerie.