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Which piece of dialogue from The Chaste Adventures of Joseph: A Comedy most reveals Madam Potiphar’s motives for wanting her husband to replace his secretary, Joseph?
MADAM POTIPHAR. (coming in) Oh, this is nothing—merely the room of one of the slaves.
MADAM POTIPHAR. (ironically) Send for Joseph? It would be useless. Joseph has affairs of his own on hand, always.
MADAM POTIPHAR. Yes—"Joseph." An ugly, foreign-sounding name, don't you think?
MADAM POTIPHAR. (looking amusedly after her) Silly little thing! (She stands there thinking.)There's no doubt of it! Joseph did come from Heliopolis last year.

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"Yes—'Joseph.' An ugly, foreign-sounding name, don't you think?"

This line most directly reveals her motive: she objects to Joseph because he seems foreign and therefore undesirable, showing prejudice as the basis for wanting him replaced.