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Alvaro collapsed in Serafina’s house, embarrassed and in pain after losing a fight. Serafina is struck by how much he looks like her late husband Rosario. Slowly, the pair become acquainted. They are both nervous, but there is a sweetness and intimacy as they try to talk with each other--clearly the first time each has talked with a romantic interest in a very long time. Serafina mentions her husband.
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Serafina: The priest was against it.
Alvaro: What was the priest against?
Serafina: Me keeping the ashes. It was against the Church law. But I had to have something and that was all I could have.
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Alvaro: There is nothing more beautiful than a gift between people!--Now you are smiling!--You like me a little bit better?
Serafina: (slowly and tenderly) You know what they should of done when you was a baby? They should of put tape on your ears to hold them back so when you grow up they wouldn’t stick out like the winds of a little kewpie!
For the full extended scene, please refer to: Tennessee Williams, The Rose Tattoo. New Directions, 2010. pp. 77-84.
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