In Tennessee William's drama The Glass Menagerie, the character Amanda is primarily concerned with the well-being of her children. After her husband abandoned her and their two children, Tom and Laura, Amanda had to raise them alone until they were adults. Williams' drama “involving only four characters, is built around Amanda and her effect on the education of her children” (Tholl, 1337). Amanda took care of her children's health, appearance, and future while also caring about what they did in their free time. As the mother that she is, Amanda wishes only “success and happiness for her precious children” (Williams 1996). Although her mothering techniques can be extreme and/or stifling to some extent, she is not oblivious to the dysfunctional nature of her family. Amanda cares about her children's health. A childhood illness left her daughter Laura limping. Aware of this “cripple”, Laura developed a mental fragility and an inferiority complex which isolated her from the outside world (Unknown, Amanda Wingfield). If Amanda wasn't a good mother, she wouldn't worry about Laura's health and independence at all. Instead, she continually tells Laura that her limp is not something she is ashamed of. "Nonsense! Laura, I told you never to use that word. Well, you're not crippled, you just have a little flaw. . . " (Williams 1985) Amanda was afraid that due to Laura's health problems she would never receive calls from men because she "had to walk with a brace and was extremely shy" (Unknown, Amandaa Wingfield) .Amanda begins to see past her daughter as a cripple and doesn't let any of her children talk about it that her children... middle of paper... to encourage” (Beattie, 2 years old ).It is said that Amanda's greatest fault is denying reality from which she often withdraws. She aspired to be "well off" and "wouldn't accept that she was responsible for why her children were born." found themselves this way” and “would not accept that she was responsible for her children’s sorrow and faults” (Unknown, Essaylet was concerned first and foremost with her children’s well-being. madness sometimes makes her involuntarily cruel, there is tenderness in her light person” (Fambrough, 1). Amanda took care of her children's health, appearance, and future while also caring about what they did in their free time. Amanda “lives only for her children for whom she sincerely desires happiness and security” (Tholl, 1336). “The key to Amanda's character is her heroism” and if Amanda had been a bad mother, she would have lived in oblivion..