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Violet: “And as for your own pursuits… Will you be visiting a certain soprano whom you keep in an apartment that you pay for on the other side of town?”
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”Why this was so hurtful:
- The Dehumanization: By not mentioning her by name (“a certain soprano”), Violet turned Siena into an object, a scandal, rather than the woman her son loved.
- The Comparison to Edmund: By bringing up his late father (“Your father would never…”), Violet used Anthony’s greatest trauma as a weapon to force him to give up Siena.
- The Financial Sneer: By emphasizing that he paid for her apartment, she suggested the relationship was purely transactional, whereas we as viewers knew that Anthony was willing to give his life for her