At the end of Scene 7 of The Glass Menagerie, Tom gives a closing speech to the audience to relate what happens to him after Amanda learns that Jim is engaged. How does this information contribute to the structure of the play?

It creates a sense of foreboding as to what happened to Amanda and Laura after Tom left.

It foreshadows that Tom will eventually run into his father during his wanderings to strange cities.

It explains that Tom fulfilled his mother’s prophecy that Tom is like his father and would leave.

It creates a sense that Tom is conflicted about having left the family but knows he had no other choice.