1. The relationship between the two people in this painting suggests they are husband and wife, because they look like an older couple running a farm. With the looks on their faces, I think they've been through a long marriage.
2. I think this painting is called American Gothic because of the farm house behind them, their clothes, and the pitchfork in the man's hand. They symbolize the old days, were people had to work really hard to live. This gives you an image that in those days people had been through a lot. I agree with this painting.