Who is the most tragic character in the play Glass Menagerie?

Question

Pls explain why

This is based on your own opinions.

Also state why the character you picked is the mos tragic as compared to others.

Pls limit to Amanda, Laura or Tom.

If can't answer above question, at least pls answer instead "Who is the LEAST tragic character in Glass Menagerie?"

Limit still applies (Amanda, Laura or Tom only)

Answer 1

That question is a toughie. It might be easier to ask who was the only character that was not tragic. That would be the gentleman caller.
Everyone else was tragic in their own way.

Answer 2

This is sort of a trick question. You've eliminated The Gentleman Caller, who is too much of a dim bulb to be tragic.

But, having said that...you could choose ANY of the other three (Laura, Tom, or Amanda), and build a convincing case.

Laura lives the daily tragedy of not living up to her mother's expectations, and of being rebuffed the one and only time she gets up the nerve to really open up to a man (Jim).

Tom's tragedy, as the after-the-fact narrator of the play, is that he'll NEVER be free of the guilt he feels for abandoning Laura.

Amanda's tragedy is that she can't escape her memories of a happy and carefree past, while her present reality is one of poverty and hopelessness.