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
"Please, please, please, you go!"
"You’ll have to go the door because I can’t."
"I can’t go either!"
"Why?"
"I’m sick!" (6.51-6.57, Laura and Amanda).
Laura uses her physical weaknesses to explain her mental ones.
Quote #20
"Excuse me—I haven’t finished playing the Victrola…"[She turns awkwardly and hurries into the front room. She pauses a second by the Victrola. Then she catches her breath and darts through the portieres like a frightened deer.] (6.69, Scene Six stage directions).
Laura uses the Victrola as means to explain retreating, just as Tom uses the movies.