Three Important Symbols in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams In The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, the narrator is used to reveal elements of Williams' life as a victim of the Depression in 30s. Williams does this through his eloquent use of symbolism. Three symbols seem to reveal Williams' intent particularly accurately; the unicorn, the image of Mr. Wingfield and the trick of Malvolio's coffin. The unicorn is a symbolic representation of the ways in which Laura is unique or unusual. The first facet of the unicorn, its horn, refers to the ways in which Laura is an unusual person, as in she can escape the mechanisms. Laura's escape devices include her glass menagerie, the list...... middle of paper......ness in Tennessee Williams comedies. Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University, 1997.Presley, Delma. The Glass Menagerie: An American Memoir. Boston: Twayne,1990.http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/williams_tennesseeWilliams, Tennessee. "The Glass Menagerie". New York: Random House, 1985.