Laura Wingfield, a physically and emotionally paralyzed character, is also the only character in the production who never does anything to upset anyone else. Despite the burden of her own complications, she displays an intact kindness that stands in stark contrast to the arrogance and resentful sacrifices that characterize the Wingfield family. Laura also has the fewest lines in the production, which confirms her selfless quality. However, she is the axis around which the storyline shifts, and the blatant symbols – the blue roses, the glass unicorn and her menagerie full of glass – all characterize her to some extent. Laura, like the blue rose or the unicorn, is rare and unconventional, and her character is as tender as the glass figurine for which she is so well known throughout the production. Other characters seem to adopt the belief that, like a piece of transparent glass, which is monochromatic until light shines on it, Laura can assume the role of any color that seems appropriate to her. Therefore, Amanda benefits from the juxtaposi together...