# data[].attributes.body
“After   the   fiasco   at   Rubicam's   Business   College,  the   idea   of   getting   a   gentleman  caller   for  Laura   began   to   play   a   more   and   more   important   part   in   Mother's   calculations.” This shows that despite how much Amanda nags at her kids she just wants them to have a better future.

# data[].attributes.body
“realizing   that   extra   money   would   be   needed   to   properly   feather   the   nest   and   plume   the   bird  -  she  conducted   a   vigorous   campaign   on   the-  telephone,  roping   in   subscribers   to   one   of   those  magazines” You only become a telemarketer when you don’t have much money.

# data[].attributes.body
“She   has   on   one   of   those   cheap   or   imitation   velvety-looking   cloth   coats   with   imitation   fur   collar.  Her   hat   is   five   or   six   years   old,  one   of   those   dreadful   cloche   hats   that   were   worn   in   the   late  twenties” This is what she is wearing.

# data[].attributes.body
" The   only   way   to   find   out   about   those   things   is   to   make   discreet   inquiries   at   the  proper   moment.   When   I   was   a   girl   in   Blue   Mountain   and   it   was   suspected   that   a   young   man  drank,  the   girl   whose   attentions   he   had   been   receiving,  if   any   girl   was,  would   sometimes   speak   to  the   minister   of   his   church,  or   rather   her   father   would   if   her   father   was   living,  and   sort   of   feel   him  out   on   the   young   man's   character.   That   is   the   way   such   things   are   discreetly   handled   to   keep   a  young   woman   from   making   a   tragic   mistake   !" When she rambles it reveals that she's nervous and she's the only one that rambles throughout the play.

# data[].attributes.body
" Not   to   the   movies,  every   night   to   the   movies!   [Follows   quickly   to   screen   door.]   I  don't   believe   you  always   go   to   the   movies!   [He   is   gone.   AMANDA   looks   worriedly   after   him   for  a   moment.   Then   vitality   and   optimism   return   and   she   turns   from   the   door.   Crossing   to   portières.]  Laura   !   Laura   ![LAURA   answers   from   kitchenette.]" She doesn't believe that Tom goes to the movies and I think she even worries about him a bit.

# data[].attributes.body
"AMANDA:   Superior   things!   Things   of   the   mind   and   the   spirit   !   Only   animals   have   to   satisfy  instincts   !   Surely   your   aims   are   somewhat   higher   than   theirs   !   Than   monkeys  -  pigs  TOM:   I   reckon   they're   not." Sometimes the best way to respond to his mothers absurd assumptions is for Tom to poke some fun at them.

# data[].attributes.body
“AMANDA:   They   knew   how   to   entertain   their   gentlemen   callers.   It   wasn't   enough   for   a   girl   to   be  possessed   of   a   pretty   face   and   a   graceful   figure   although   I   wasn't   alighted   in   either   respect.   She  also  needed   to   have   a   nimble   wit   and   a   tongue   to   meet   all   occasions.  “ Typically when she does this she’s trying to escape her present situation.

# data[].attributes.body
" [her   voice   trembling   and   her eyes   suddenly   filing   with   tears]:   Happiness   !   Good  fortune" This is her response to Laura asking what to wish for and this reveals that she worries about her daughter and wants her to be okay.

# data[].attributes.body
"AMANDA:   Girls   in   those   days   knew   how   to   talk,  I   can   tell   you." This suggests that she's somewhat old. And her children are about 20 which at the youngest puts her at around 40.

# data[].attributes.body
"AMANDA:   Deception? Deception?" When she walks into the room with Laura after discovering something this is the first thing she says so she must be feeling betrayed.

# data[].attributes.body
"AMANDA   [faintly,  almost   inaudibly]:  -  No.  -  No.   [Then   more   forcibly.]   I   did   not   have   the  strength  -  to   go   to   the   DAR.   In   fact,  I   did   not   have   the   courage!   I   wanted   to   find   a   hole   in   the  ground   and   hide   myself   in   it   for   ever   !" Well this quote just screams to me that she has very poor coping skills and just LOVES to be dramatic.

# data[].attributes.body
“I'm   getting   a   cigarette.” She stresses them to the point that Tom needs a cigarette.

# data[].attributes.body
"AMANDA   [centering   upstage]:   Just   butter.   Tell   them   to   charge it." She told Laura to charge it because she doesn't have the money to buy butter.

# data[].attributes.body
Mother - Danzig - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuK0f-Zur9A

# data[].attributes.body
"AMANDA:   We   have   to   be   making   some   plans   and   provisions   for   her.   She's   older   than   you,  two  years,  and   nothing   has   happened.   She   just   drifts   along   doing   nothing.   It   frightens   me   terribly   how  she   just   drifts   along." She wants her daughter to have a home and someone to take care of her.

# data[].attributes.body
"Honey,  don't   push   with  your   fingers.   If   you   have   to   push   with  something,  the   thing   to   push   with   is   a   crust   of   bread.   And   chew   !chew!   Animals   have   sections   in  their   stomachs   which   enable   them   to   digest   flood   without   mastication,  but   human   beings   are  supposed   to   chew   their   food   before   they   swallow   it   down.   Eat   food   leisurely,  son,  and   really  enjoy   it.   A   well-cooked   meal   has   lots   of   delicate   flavours   that   have   to   be   held   in   the   mouth   for  appreciation." She is very prim and proper about things because she thinks that because she's human she has to enjoy everything.

# data[].attributes.body
"AMANDA:   The   gentleman   caller   has   made   an   early   departure.   What   a   wonderful   joke   you  played   on   us   !  TOM:   How   do   you   mean?  AMANDA:   You   didn't   mention   that   he   was   engaged   to   be   married." She feels lied to and like Tom deliberately invited Jim over in order to upset her.