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 #4
"Find out one that’s clean-living—doesn’t drink and ask him out for sister!" (4.101, Amanda).
Amanda’s concern for alcoholism is excessive, extending both to her son and to her daughter’s potential suitor.
Quote #5
"Tom, he—doesn’t drink?"
"Why do you ask me that?"
"Your father did!"
"Don’t get started on that!"
"He does drink, then?"
"Not that I know of!"
"Make sure, be certain! The last thing I want for my daughter’s a boy who drinks!" (5.71-5.77, Amanda and Tom).
Only towards the end of the play does Williams reveal the source of Amanda’s concern over alcohol: that her husband drank.