How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Spider-Man.
Quote #7
HARRY: M.J., why didn't you wear the black dress?
Mary Jane looks at Harry.
HARRY: Just, I wanted to impress my father. He loves black.
MARY JANE: Well, maybe he'll be impressed no matter what. You think I'm pretty.
HARRY: I think you're beautiful.
Harry goes in for the kiss and gets denied.
Harry's identity is shaped by two things: his family's wealth and his dad's rejection of him. He desperately wants to impress Norman, and that includes with whom he dates and even what that lucky lady wears. He's treating M.J. like a prop here. Gross.
Quote #8
HARRY (on the phone with Mary Jane): "Incredible"? What do you mean he's "incredible"? No. All right, wait. Stay there. I'm gonna come over. No, I'm gonna come ov—all right. Fine. Will you call me in the morning, and we'll go and have breakfast and…um…I want to buy you something. Because I want to. It'll make you feel better. Okay. And what do you mean, "incredible"?
Peter smiles.
HARRY: All right. I'm sorry. Sleep tight. Don't let the bedbugs—
Mary Jane hangs up.
Harry is wicked jealous of Spider-Man. It says oodles about Harry's sense of self that, when he feels threatened, his default mode is to offer to buy M.J. something, anything, because he thinks it'll make her feel better. Gee, wonder where he learned that technique?
Quote #9
PETER: She doesn't really know who I am.
AUNT MAY: Because you won't let her. You're so mysterious all the time. Tell me, would it be so dangerous to let Mary Jane know how much you care? Everybody else knows.
Recognition flashes across Peter's face.
PETER: I'll be right back.
Keeping his real identity hidden is central to Peter's ability to do his job as Spider-Man, but it's also imperative for the security of his loved ones. When he realizes that everybody knows he's head over heels for M.J., including Norman, he knows her safety has been compromised. Big time.