Laura Wingfield

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Laura Wingfield is a shy, emotionally fragile young woman with a physical disability whose retreat into her collection of glass animals symbolizes the themes of illusion and escape in Tennessee Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie."

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Laura Wingfield canonical 12
Laura Wingfield to secure a husband 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Blue Roses ⓘ
appearsIn The Glass Menagerie ⓘ
associatedWith glass menagerie ⓘ
characterTrait emotionally fragile ⓘ
introverted ⓘ
shy ⓘ
childOf Amanda Wingfield ⓘ
creator Tennessee Williams ⓘ
dropsOutOf business college ⓘ
education briefly attended business college ⓘ
familyName Wingfield ⓘ
linked to: Wingfield family
firstPerformanceYear 1944 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Laura ⓘ
hasPhysicalCondition physical disability ⓘ
hasRelative Amanda Wingfield ⓘ
Tom Wingfield ⓘ
literaryGenre memory play ⓘ
livesIn St. Louis ⓘ
linked to: Saint Louis City
medium stage play ⓘ
narrativeRole central character ⓘ
symbolic figure ⓘ
nationalityInFiction American ⓘ
notablePossession glass animal collection ⓘ
occupationInStory unemployed ⓘ
residesWith Amanda Wingfield ⓘ
Tom Wingfield ⓘ
romanticInterest Jim O’Connor ⓘ
setting Wingfield apartment ⓘ
sibling Tom Wingfield ⓘ
stageDirectionDescription crippled ⓘ
delicate ⓘ
very shy ⓘ
symbolizes escape ⓘ
fragility ⓘ
illusion ⓘ
themeInvolvement disability ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ
memory ⓘ
unfulfilled desire ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ
workLanguage English ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Glass Menagerie → mainCharacter → Laura Wingfield ⓘ
subject linked to: The Glass Menagerie (stage)
Tom Wingfield → hasSister → Laura Wingfield ⓘ
Tom Wingfield → feelsResponsibilityFor → Laura Wingfield ⓘ
Amanda Wingfield → hasChild → Laura Wingfield ⓘ
Amanda Wingfield → pressures → Laura Wingfield to secure a husband ⓘ
linked to: Laura Wingfield
Amanda Wingfield → hasChild → Laura Wingfield ⓘ
Tom Wingfield → siblingOf → Laura Wingfield ⓘ
Tom Wingfield → brotherOf → Laura Wingfield ⓘ
Tom Wingfield → livesWith → Laura Wingfield ⓘ
Tom Wingfield → feelsObligationTo → Laura Wingfield ⓘ
Tom Wingfield → sibling → Laura Wingfield ⓘ
Jim O’Connor → hasRelationshipWith → Laura Wingfield ⓘ
Jim O’Connor → formerClassmateOf → Laura Wingfield ⓘ