. She uses these old stories to comfort and convince herself that she deserved more than a drunkard. As she puts it, I could have been Mrs. Duncan J. Fitzhugh, but mind you! But-I picked your father. She wishes to start over when her yellow dress was new and she was in her prime. She refuses to place any blame in herself. All the missed opportunities of her life could be blamed on her husband or her children. A perfect allusion to this is when she misses her Daughters of The American Revolution meeting. The DAR stands for her inseparable link to the past as well as a missed opportunity she blames on her children when she doesnt have the strength to go due to Lauras failure at business school.In conclusion, we can understand all of the character's conditions through their personal symbols.All of them exhibit symbols of escape and illusion. ...
