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Quote #10
"Excuse me," she said, "the padrone asked me to bring this for the Signora." (49)
Notice the word at the end of this sentence, which is also the last word of the story: "Signora." A "Signora" is what the American woman desires to be: someone with the power of feminine traditions, someone with a home, who presides, and who is loved. A "Signora" is precisely what the padrone makes this woman feel like—not a simple "American wife"