The Glass Menagerie

Fragility of that human core, the essence of emotion, and the sensitization of a human mind, that of the reader's, is at the helm of this dramatic experience. Glass being the minimalist element whose ‘softness' isn't visibly projected, is forever endangered by the harshness that surrounds or permeates the living world.

Williams's achievement lies in bringing out the fragile by winnowing the broken from the infrangible.