Wingfield family
Wingfield family, fictional family, the main characters in Tennessee Williams’s drama The Glass Menagerie (1944). Amanda, the head of the family, attempts to manage the lives of Tom and Laura, her two adult children. Pathetically unrealistic in her view of the world, Amanda shatters her daughter’s fragile sensibility and drives her son away.
Citation Information
Article Title:
Wingfield family
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
04 October 2023
Access Date:
February 22, 2025