What is the Significance of the Title of the Play The Glass Menagerie?

Significance of the Title of the Play The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie is a collection of little animals made of glass. Laura Winglield’s collection of glass animals gives the play its name and is its most important symbol. They represent a number of 

 
facets of her personality fragility, other worldliness, and tragic beauty. Her collection of glass represents her own private world apart from reality. It is a world where she can hide and be safe. When Amanda tells Laura to practice typing, Laura instead plays with her glass. When Amanda is heard walking up the fire escape, she quickly hides her collection. She does this to hide her secret world from the others.

 

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