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Amanda: He made and awful lot of money. He went North to Wall Street and made a fortune. He had the Midas touch -  everything that boy touched just turned to gold! And I could have been Mrs. J. Duncan Fitzhugh - mind you!  But- what did I do? - I just went out of my way and picked your father!"
I.i.14

This quote shows Amanda's economic standing by showing that she is a "single" mother. And that she regrets it. Whether its marrying her husband or not choosing the other men.

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By controlling others around her, and doing whatever she wants just to show that she is in charge.

AMANDA: ¨ I   took   that   horrible   novel   back   to   the   library-  yes   !   That   hideous   book   by   that   insane  Mr.   Lawrence.   [Tom   laughs   wildly.]   I   cannot   control   the   output   of   diseased   minds   or   people   who  cater   to   them  -  [Tom   laughs   still   more   wildly.]   BUT   I   WON'T   ALLOW   SUCH   FILTH  BROUGHT   INTO   MY   HOUSE   !   NO,  no,  no,  no,  no ¨

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Mother Knows Best - Tangled [Blu-Ray 720p]

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With Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) and Mother Gothel (Donna Murphy) from Tangled © Disney. Content property of Disney, 2010. If you liked this, please buy the movie on DVD or BluRay and support future Disney animated features. Mother Knows Best - Tangled (delgnaT) Track 3 out of 20, Tangled OST LYRICS: (from stlyrics.com) Mother Gothel: You want to go outside?

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I chose this song because I feel like it perfectly portrays Amanda. She is very controlling and she wants things her way so she tries her hardest to manipulate other people around her.

¨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   flavors that have to be held in the   mouth for appreciation, so chew   your food and give your salivary   glands a chance to function.
I.i.

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I felt like this picture showed what I think a modern Amanda would look like because she looks controlling and also like a southern belle. The quote below gives a little insight on her appearance and clothing.

¨They start inside She advances to   them.Tom is distinctly shocked at   her appearance. Even Jim blinks a little.He is making his first   contact with girlish Southern vivacity and in spite of the night-school course in public speaking is   somewhat thrown off the beam by   the unexpected outlay of social charm.¨

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Other people get mad or lose their patience around Amanda.

TOM: ¨I   haven't   enjoyed   one   bite   of   this   dinner   because   of   your   constant   directions   on   how   to   eat  it.   It's   you   that   makes   me   rush   through   meals   with   your   hawk-like   attention   to   every   bite   I   take.  Sickening spoils   my   appetite   all   this   discussion   of  -  animals' secretion salivary glands  - mastication !¨
I.i

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I think Amanda´s motivating desire is to have her family close to her forever. I feel like when her husband left her, she got lonely and scared that her kids would leave her too so she started holding on to them too tight by controlling them.

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I feel like Amanda tries to be calm and reason with Laura more than she does with Tom because he probably reminds her more of her husband than anyone. especially with his behavior that he shows. 

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I feel like Amanda tries to be calm and reason with Laura more than she does with Tom because he probably reminds her more of her husband than anyone. especially with his behavior that he shows. 

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LAURA:   Please   don't   stare   at   me,  Mother.  (AMANDA   closes   her   eyes   and   lowers   her   head.   Count   ten.)  AMANDA:   What   are   we   going   to   do,  what   is   going   to   be.   come   of   us,  what   is   the   future?  (Count   ten.)

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“ How dare you jeopardize your job? Jeopordize our security? How do you think we’d manage?” I.iii 23

This quote shows that she fully depends on Tom for their well being.

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Something that Amanda repeats is talking on the phone. I think Amanda would be one of those people that their social life is their phone. I feel like she calls people so often for random conversations, just because she is lonely.

¨Ida   Scott? This   is   Amanda   Wingfield, We missed you at the   D.A.R. last Monday! I said to myself: She's probably suffering with that sinus condition ! How is that sinus condition? Horrors!  Heaven have mercy! You're a Christian martyr,  yes, that's what you are, a Christian martyr ! Well, I just have happened to notice that your subscription to the Companion's about to expire! Yes, it expires with the next issue, honey!  just when that wonderful new serial by  Bessie   Mae  Hopper   is   getting   off   to   such   an   exciting   start.   Oh,  honey,  it's   something   that   you   can't   miss   !You  remember   how   'Gone   With   the   Wind'   took   everybody   by   storm?   You   simply   couldn't   go   out   if  you   hadn't   read   it.   All   everybody   talked   was   Scarlet   O'Hara.   Well,  this   is   a   book   that   critics  already   compare   to   Gone   With   the   Wind.   It's   the   'Gone   With   the   Wind'   of   the   post-World   War  generation!  -  What?  -Burning   !-  Oh,  honey,  don't   let  them   bum,  go   take   a   look   in   the   oven   and  I'll   hold   the   wire!   Heavens  -  I think she's   hung   up!¨

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She takes it out on Tom because she thinks he is gonna leave her like her husband did.

TOM: ¨I'm going to the movies.¨
AMANDA: ¨That's right, now that you've had us make such fools of ourselves. The effort, the preparations, all the expense ! The new floor lamp, the rug, the clothes for Laura ! all for what? To entertain some other girl's fiancé ! Go to the movies, go ! Don't think about us, a mother deserted, an unmarried sister who's crippled and has no job ! Don't let anything interfere with your selfish pleasure I just go, go, go — to the movies!¨
I.VII

(I chose this picture because it looks like the girl is sitting around moping and feeling sorry for herself and that is what i think Amanda does.)

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“ … I remember one sunday afternoon in Blue Mountain when your mother was a girl…”“I know whats coming now!”“Yes but let her tell it”“Again?”“She loves to tell it.”   I.i  13

When tom says again and Laura answers with, “she loves to tell it” shows that she likes to live in the glory days and she talks about herself a lot.

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“ … I remember one sunday afternoon in Blue Mountain when your mother was a girl…”“I know whats coming now!”“Yes but let her tell it”“Again?”“She loves to tell it.”   I.i  13When tom says again and Laura answers with, “she loves to tell it” shows that she likes to live in the glory days and she talks about herself alot.

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Her mannerisms are very rude and controlling.

AMANDA:   ¨You're   going   to   listen,  and   no   more   insolence   from   you   !   I'm   at   the   end   of   my  patience !¨ [He   comes   back   toward   her.]

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She lives on her memories. She tells all the stories of her past and she dwells on them.

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I feel bad for Amanda because she feels like her kids don´t appreciate her and she feels like the bad guy when she is just trying to keep them as her kids for as long as she can.

AMANDA  (sobbingly) ¨My devotion has made me a witch and so I make   myself hateful  to my children.¨

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I also think one of Amanda´s motivating desires is to make sure that Tom isn´t Like his father.

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AMANDA:  ¨ What   gives   her   any   idea?   However,  you   do   act   strangely.   !  -  I'm   not   criticizing, understand   that!   I   know   your   ambitions   do   not   lie   in   the   warehouse,  that   like   everybody   in   the  whole   wide   world  -  you've   had   to   make   sacrifices,  but  -  Tom  -  Tom  -  life's   not   easy,  it   calls   for  -  Spartan   endurance   !   There's   so   many   things   in   my   heart   that   I   cannot   describe   to   you   !   I've   never  told   you   but  -  I   loved   your   father...¨

She has been holding in deep feelings and she tells Tom that she loved his father.

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This isn´t exactly showing how other people react to her, but it is showing Toms opinion of his mother.

AMANDA:   What   did   you   wish   for?
TOM:   That's   a   secret.
AMANDA:   A   secret,  huh?   Well,  I   won't   tell   mine   either.   I   will   be   just   as   mysterious   as   you.  TOM:   I   bet   I   can   guess   what   yours   is.
AMANDA:   Is   my   head   so   transparent?
TOM:   You're   not   a   sphinx.

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She is a single mother.

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I feel like other people think she is being rude while she thinks she is asking in a kind way.

TOM:   Don't   you   remember   asking   me   to   fetch   one?  AMANDA:   I   remember   suggesting   that   it   would   be   nice   for   your   sister   if   you   brought   home  some   nice   young  from   the   warehouse.   I   think   that   I've   made   that   suggestion   more   than   once.