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"the wife should submit to the husband and not push him into sin, Father Paolo Biviendo had preached."

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Gloria is being mistreated frequently by her employers. Her employers often think that they have a higher social status than her and do not treat her well. They treat her more like an object rather than a human and do not mind to humiliate her.
Pg 103 - " Glor-ri-a!" "Yes, ma'am" Her voice squeaks like one of those tiny white mice in the pet shop.
The employer casually calls her name while she replies formally with "ma'am". This shows the difference in formality and hence the difference in social standings between the two parties. Gloria appeared to be afraid of her employer as her voice "squeaks like one of those tiny white mice in the pet shop" which suggests that she replied in a very squeaky and soft manner.

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"Suzie will take care of the others. They will have to depend on their eldest sister."

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"It'll be five long years before Alex is out of prison. In the meantime, she'll work and make money."

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In a nutshell, Gloria's actions at the end of the play is justifiable because of all the misery, humiliation and stress that have accumulated by all these factors and they have been pushing her to feel extreme pressure and emotional distress which eventually leads her to doing something foolish.

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Gloria is homesick and she misses her children badly. Hence she uses Timmy, her employer's son, as a replacement for her children at home as Gloria "wraps her arm around his warm tubby belly, inhaling the lavender fragrance of the talcum powder she has rubbed on him after his bath".

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Relation: Youngest child
How does she help us understand Gloria's background better?
Gloria is constantly attached to her children even when she is in Singapore. The fact that she works hard for Migoy and her children's living expenses, education and etc shows how much she loves them despite them becoming worries to her.

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Relation: Oldest child
Current situation: Taking care of all her siblings back home as the oldest child.
What does this imply? Gloria trusts her children with her eldest child signifying the strong bonds between the family members.

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Relation: a religious leader to teach her principles
How does he help us understand Gloria's background better? Gloria feels pressured due to what the priest had preached. Even though what the priest has preached causes her some sort of difficulty, the fact that she still sticks by his words shows her commitment to her religion and to God.

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Relation: Husband
Current situation: In jail.
What does this imply? Gloria needs to work twice as hard to provide for her family which is more strenuous and demanding.

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"Gloria's actions at the end of the play are justifiable." Do you agree?

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"Gloria's actions at the end of the play are justifiable." Do you agree?

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1. - Gloria is struggling with managing 4 children back at home. However, her husband Alex, wants more. She feels even more pressured as Father Paolo Biviendo has preached that "the wife should submit to the husband and not push him into sin."
- This helps us to empathize with Gloria

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1. - Gloria is not used to taking an elevator, something that we Singaporeans may encounter on a daily basis.
- This may imply that a lot of the infrastructure that Gloria visits in Manila does not have elevators, showing that Manila may be less developed and thus emphasises Gloria's poverty.
- Gloria views the neighbourhood supermarket as grand and even compared it to the high end supermarket in business district of Manila. What she imagines as the neighbourhood shop differs from the point of view of Singaporeans

2.- Gloria does not have enough money to buy necessities for herself and her children.
"When she has saved enough, she will buy a small tin of the same Johnson & Johnson talc powder to take hjome to Migoy and Amy, her two youngest."
- This shows that Gloria dotes on her children so much, but even so, she is so poor that she is unable to afford even a small tin of oil for them. She has to save up even a meagre amount of money to afford the powder.

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- Poverty; poor-rich divide experienced in SG
- Family issues
- Mistreated
- Attachment to home