It has been said that Tennessee Williams' plays are 'full of hate, anger and envy'. How far is this true in scene three of 'The Glass Menagerie'?

For a play to be full of anger, hate and envy implies that there is no room for other emotions such as happiness, sympathy and sadness. It implies that the play revolves around hateful, angry and envious characters and that the audience feels no other emotions reflected from the characters other than hate anger and envy. This is true to some extent. In scene three of 'The Glass Menagerie' (set during a blazing row), these …

…The scene begins and ends with the emotion of concern and the fact that in the structure of the play, this follows a scene of a confrontation between Laura and Amanda. Perhaps this is to increase the resistance of the audience against Amanda or help them to feel the same way Tom and Laura do. However, it cannot be denied that anger, hate and envy are the strongest and most recurring emotions in this scene.