Characters and Symbols in The Glass Menagerie In The Glass Menagerie, the main characters are Laura, Amanda, Tom, Jim, and Father. Each character can be found with the symbols that best represent him. Laura's two symbols are the Blue Roses and her glass menagerie, the Unicorn. Amanda's yellow dress and bathrobe can express her love for the past event. Tom's symbols are cinema and the merchant navy. Jim symbolizes himself as a gentleman who calls Laura. The father's portrait portrays his abandonment of the Wingfield family. Laura is a hypersensitive young girl. He spends all his time in a world of glass ornaments and stays in his apartment. Even if he tries several times to participate in the outside world, he is too fragile. The Blue Roses represent Laura's uniqueness. Blue roses do not exist in this world or even if they do, they are not by nature. This rose is different from other roses just as Laura is different from other girls. The color blue represents sadness and depression. Laura had these feelings at home because she is not as popular as Amanda and is not as successful in college as Amanda hopes she will be. Amanda's expectations made Laura feel bad when she didn't meet her needs. Laura dropped out of Rubicam Business College and can't find any gentleman to visit her. The roses represent Laura along with her beauty and innocence. The stem of the rose can be defined as the support that Amanda and Tom gave her. The thorn is his shyness. It's her shyness that no one wants to get close to her and she doesn't want to get close to anyone. The glass menagerie represents Laura's hypersensitive nature and fragility. Laura breaks as easily as a glass unicorn and is just as unique. When Jim accidentally collides with the unicorn and breaks it, the unicorn is no longer unique. When Jim kisses Laura and then dashes her hopes by telling her that he is engaged, she is heartbroken and becomes less unique. The innocence that made Laura so unique is now lost. Both Laura and the glass menagerie break when exposed to the outside world. When Laura gives Jim her broken unicorn, it symbolizes her broken heart that Jim will carry with him when he leaves. She gives Jim a little of herself to take with him and he leaves a little of himself behind with his broken horses.