Glass Menagerie: Relationships Are The Conveyance Of Love A memory is a time or event in which one can remember. Memories are not easily forgotten, yet remarkable. Tennessee Williams has created a play in which the structure is composed of scenes through memory. These scenes represent a crucial time in both the narrator and characters life. Tennessee Williams uses the value of love which creates different relationships in a family through the use of symbolism and irony to unify The Glass Menagerie. The Glass Menagerie consists of the value of love, which conveys many relationships between characters of the play.