In Tennessee William's play, 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 both alone until they grew up. Williams' play "involving only four characters, is built around Amanda and her effect on the raising of her children" (Tholl, 1337). Amanda cared about her children's health, appearance, and future, while also worrying about what they did in their free time. Being the mother that she is, Amanda wants nothing more than “success and happiness for her precious children” (Williams 1996). While her mothering techniques may be extreme and/or stifling to a certain extent, she is not unaware of the dysfunctional nature of her family. Amanda cares about her children's health. A childhood illness left his daughter Laura with a limp. Aware of this "cripple", Laura developed a mental fragility and an inferiority complex that isolated her from the outside world (Unknown, Amanda Wingfield). If Amanda hadn't been a good mother she wouldn't have cared at all about Laura's health and independence. Instead he continually tells Laura that her limp is not something to be ashamed of. “Nonsense! Laura, I told you to never, ever use that word. Because 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 gentlemen because she “had to walk with a brace and was extremely shy” (Unknown, Amandaa Wingfield). Amanda begins to see beyond her paralyzed daughter and doesn't let any of her children talk about it. Amanda worries about what her children... middle of paper... encourage" (Beattie, 2). Amanda's greatest flaw is said to be denying the reality from which she often retreats. She longed to be "well off ” and “did not accept being responsible for why her children ended up this way”; and “did not accept being responsible for her children's pain and shortcomings” (Unknown, Essaylet). Amanda Wingfield was primarily concerned with well-being of her children. Although “her foolishness sometimes makes her unintentionally cruel, there is tenderness in her slight person” (Fambrough, 1). Amanda cared about and worried about her children's health, appearance and future of 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 one bad mother, she would have lived in oblivion.