The Weaknesses and Strengths of the Characters in The Glass MenagerieIn an interview, Tennessee Williams once said: "I have always been more interested in the creating a character containing something crippled. .. They have a certain appearance of fragility, these neurotics I speak of, but they are really strong." In The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, the play focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the characters. Several critics have raised points interesting on this subject. Critic Judith J. Thompson believes that "Amanda's incarnation of 'The Great Mother' is blinded by her weakness in the face of an unrealistic world" (p. 17). is made up of “the Good Mother, the Terrible Mother, the attractive young witch, and the innocent virgin” (Thompson 17 She supports her theory with the incident in which Amanda says she entertained seventeen gentlemen in one). single day Thompson goes on to say that "Amanda's exaggeration of the number of beaus recalls fairy tales and romantic legends in which the princess is besieged by suitors until the ideal knight or prince returns" (17). ).Here, Thompson shows that Amanda's weakness lies in a kind of dream world that overwhelms her intentions to be a "Great Mother" (Thompson 17). A second critic, Joseph K. Davis, considers that Laura's weakness outweighs her ability to be sensitive. Davis divides the dramatic outline of The Glass Menagerie into two parts. Part of this model is “the dramatization of men and women through the demonstration of their fragmented and tortured psychologies” (Davis 192). He states in his analysis of The Glass Menagerie: "His [Tom's] sister, Laura, tries to live in the present, but her crippled body and bleak prospects in secretarial school have overcome her fragile sensibilities" (194). . Davis implies that, like Amanda, Laura's weakness consumes her ability to live in reality and her sensitivity, her only strength. A third critic, Tom Scanlan, believes that Tom's weakness is overcome by his strength. Tom is easily trapped and persuaded into situations he may or may not want to find himself in, which weakens his character, but his strength is greater than this weakness. The critic states that "Tom's reappearance as narrator forces the reader back to the present" (Scanlan 99). It shows the reader that Tom's strength lies in his ability to stay in touch with reality..