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- Female: 1
- Male: 1
Context
Amanda Wingfield, a faded southern belle, desires nothing more than for her daughter, Laura, to get married. Despite her own failed marriage, she has high hopes for her daughter. However, she is blind to her daughter's fragile mental health and crippling shyness. Laura's brother, Tom, points this out to his mother but she brushes it aside. To appease his mother, Tom invites a friend to dinner, throwing Amanda into frenzied panic and excitement.
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Start: Amanda: Son, will you do me a favor?
Tom: What?
Amanda: Comb your hair! You look so pretty when your hair is combed!
End: Amanda: Now, darling, wish!
Laura: What shall I wish for, mother?
Amanda: Happiness! Good fortune!
Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie New York: New Directions, 1999. pp.38-49.
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