Karen, Karen, Karen

Ok, I saw another thread on this already, but it was pretty old and didn't really address this discussion very well.

So, when I read this play in my lit class earlier this year, I felt for sure that Karen was straight, and that she was almost a little homophobic because of how she reacts to Martha at the end, even to how she handles her suicide. (Granted if you haven't read the play, Martha dies in a different fashion altogether, and Karen sadly shows very little emotion towards the situation. I liked the movie ending a lot better!). But in the movie, since it ends differently with Karen asking Martha if she would come with her, and then with the looks she gives her and just her overall treatment of Martha's "coming out," I almost wonder if Karen had a few feelings for Martha too. I don't think hers were nearly as intense as Martha's were, but I still feel that they were there. I mean, don't take this as me saying, "Yep, Karen was definitely a lesbian," I just think that maybe she had more feelings than she knew herself if that makes sense.... which I'm sure it doesn't. Does anyone else agree?

Also, one other thing that I'm curious to see what others think. At the point that Karen gets a look of pure dread on her face and starts running back towards the house, do you think she looks that way because she FEELS that something terrible is happening, or that she can see Martha's silhouette through the window? I think that it might be both, but I'm not for sure. Anyway, I'll stop rambling now, lol.

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