The Glass Menagerie scene 5

During scene five of The Glass Menagerie,  the illusion of the play is made evident. Amanda's illusion of Laura is reinforced when Amanda yells at Tom, "Don't say crippled! You know that I never allow that word to be used!" Amanda clearly does not know her daughter's actual situation. I feel like if Laura had to wear a brace that Amanda may need to accept that Laura is at least a little crippled. Amanda even has illusions of Tom. She continues to say that she doesn't believe that Tom goes to the movies every night. Aside from getting drunk, Tom probably goes to the movies too since there is a part where Tom stumbles to get his key out and a bunch of movie ticket stubs fall out. Aside from illusions, when Tom loses his key, Tom loses his connection to the his mother and sister. As the story progresses from that moment, Tom becomes increasingly restless. Surprisingly, Amanda has no illusions of Tom's planning to leave them behind. To my disappointment, Tom follows through on that plan, but let's get back to illusions. Laura lives in her own world of illusion with her glass ornaments. Laura just withdraws to her glass menagerie when she fails to fit into the real world.