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Tennessee Williams is well known for the use of symbols in her plays. Symbol or symbolism is when an object, a thing, a person, an animal or anything tangible represents an abstract idea. In the play , Tennessee successfully uses a variety of symbols to show th ....

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.... illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion. In the above quote, Tom wants to tell the audience the main characteristic of him in the play is to escape. The last sentence of the above quote, he says "I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion" which means I like to hide the truth and run away from reality. This example shows whenever he think about escaping or wanting to escape, he will always sits beside the fire escape. The symbol fire escape is a good example of symbolism for Tom, but there is also the portrait of father. Another example of symbolism is the portrait of ....