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How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Scene.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a big long monologue.
Quote #19
"It said in the ‘Personal’ section that you were—engaged!"
"I know, but I wasn’t impressed by that—propaganda!"
"It wasn’t—the truth?"
"Only in Emily’s optimistic opinion!" (7.171-7.174).
The Glass Menagerie presents marriage as an institution pursued primarily by women.