"The Glass Menagerie" as an Autobiographical Play "The Glass Menagerie," a very poignant and moving play, tells the story of Tom Wingfield and his attempt to escape his family. Tennessee Williams' descriptions of the Wingfield family are strikingly similar to his descriptions of his own family, and therefore the play can be interpreted as an autobiography. Perhaps most obviously, the character Laura helps support the argument that the play is autobiographical. Williams actually had a …showed first 75 words of 573 total…

…showed last 75 words of 573 total…from college, and he also did not find satisfaction. This similarity supports the play as representing Williams' life. The play ends miserably, and as it is autobiographical, it shows that despite Tennessee Williams' success he was never happy. Many of the major issues he felt affected him were included in the lives of the Wingfields in the play, which shows "The Glass Menagerie" to be a play describing his own life in an exaggerated way.