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Amanda Wingfield is a character in the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. She is the mother of the protagonist, Tom, and the guardian of her daughter, Laura. Amanda is a Southern belle who is struggling to come to terms with her current life, which is a far cry from her days of being courted by gentlemen. She is a woman who is desperately clinging to her past and is unwilling to let go of it.