LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Question
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She sells magazine subscriptions
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She’s a telemarketer
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She works a regular 9-5 job
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She does laundry for the rich
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tom says that in order to make a little extra money and thereby increase the family’s ability to entertain suitors, Amanda runs a telephone subscription campaign for a magazine called The Homemaker’s Companion. The cover of a glamour magazine appears on the screen, and Amanda enters with a telephone.
Detailed explanation-2: -She enrolls Laura in a business college, hoping that she will make her own and the family’s fortune through a business career. Weeks later, however, Amanda discovers that Laura’s crippling shyness has led her to drop out of the class secretly and spend her days wandering the city alone.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the end of the scene, Tom’s violent action causes some of Laura’s glass to be shattered. Tom returns to pick up the glass but is unable to utter a word. This symbolically represents Laura’s inner feelings.
Detailed explanation-4: -As the action begins, Amanda is instructing Tom about how to eat every bite of his food until Tom yells at her that he can’t enjoy a bite of his food because of her constant nagging. Amanda then tells Laura to stay fresh and pretty for the gentlemen callers.