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Compare And Contrast Trifles And A Jury Of Her Peers
Different stories can have differences that shape it. Also, the stories differences in genre can create some similarities and differences between them The different genres of Trifles and “ A Jury of Her Peers” can have an effect on the stories point of views and are similar to the story that they both tell.
Trifles and “ A Jury of Her Peers” have many things in common one of which being the choice of words that they use. For example, “Not having children makes less work,’ mused Mrs.Hale”(Trifles 719). Also, “No,’ she didn’t have a cat. She got afraid that feeling some people have about cats--being afraid of them” (Jury 10). Both examples can be found in both stories. They show how the two closely relate to each other. That even though they

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