In The Glass Menagerie what conflicts does Tennessee Williams develop in the first three scenes of the play?

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is a play fraught with conflict; however, Tom's internal conflict of being
torn between his desire to fulfill his dreams and his sense of responsibility to his mother and
sister is pivotal to the play as it generates external conflicts between Tom and his sister and
Tom and his mother. And, while Laura and Amanda come into conflict with Tom, they themselves
have internal conflicts, as well.

SCENE I

The tension
between Amanda and Tom is introduced early in this scene as Amanda criticizes his table manners
and his smoking; Tom responds in disgust.  When Laura offers to clear the table, Amanda tells
her to "stay fresh" for any "gentleman callers" who might appear.  This
statement reflects Amanda's delusions about Laura as well as illustrating her internal conflict
of living in illusions from her past as she reminisces of her having such gentlemen callers in
her youth.

SCENE II

In this scene Laura washes and wipes
her collection of glass animals, but...