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Fire escape is often regarded as one of the important symbols in the drama Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Its name is said to be "a touch of accidental poetic truth, for all of these huge buildings are always burning with the slow and implacable fires of human desperation" At certain points in the drama, fire-escape even accentuate the characteristics of the characters. Tom, the character most intertwined with the fire-escape, has appeared on the fire-escape more often than others. Of most of his appearances on fire-escape, he is moving out of the apartment, a gesture showing his yearnings to adventure to the outside world escaping troubles at home.
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