positions of lesser status in their personal‚ and professional lives. So from that oppression rose two works of literature which are Trifles (written by Susan Glaspell) and The Story of an Hour (written by Kate Chopin). I chose to compare The Story of an Hour with Trifles because The Story of an Hour had an interesting twist and I could see that deep‚ intricate thought was put into it. This research paper will examine the similarities and the differences between these two bodies of work. Since both are
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Susan Glaspell’s Trifles (1916) is about the fine line between moral beliefs and justice. Susan Glaspell was a pioneer for feminist drama. She was the daughter of a grain dealer and grew into one of America’s greatest play writers. She also attended college at Drake University and was a reporter for some time. Her inspiration for writing plays came later when she married a theatrical director named George Cook. It is because of him that she established Americas first influential noncommercial theater
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There are several themes in the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell; the most important theme however is loneliness. Mini Wright was very lonely because her husband isolated her; her canary bird symbolized Mini herself‚ and lastly‚ the jar of cherries symbolized her new freedom away from isolation. The use of symbolism in this story was Mini Wrights “cry for help”. A reader of this play has to analyze all of the symbols in order to feel the real pain Mini Wright was living with from day to day‚ with her
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The Trifles of Men and Women “Trifles” is a classic tale of patriarchal society in which women are in the home and men deal with the out of home issues. Things dealing with the home are “Trifles” according the 1917 play by Susan Glaspell. In her play she demonstrates how‚ in her society‚ people are changed by marriage‚ especially women‚ and how man and women find different things important. Mr. and Mrs. John Wright had a seemingly healthy relationship to the public‚ however‚ their marriage had
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The female characters in the two plays‚ Trifles and A Doll’s House‚ choose duty to family and friends over duty to the law. Lawbreakers are often portrayed as selfish and rough people‚ but just the opposite is true here. Love and compassion led these characters to ignore their duty to the law in favor of helping the people they cared for. Desperation plays a large part in their motives and the treatment of women in the time periods of these plays is the cause of that. Women’s lives were
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dramatic play‚ “Trifles” takes place‚ we see a different belief. Women are considered less intelligent‚ insignificant‚ and dominated by men‚ who think they are the above them. The women’s suffrage movement is underway when this play is written in 1916. “Trifles” acknowledges the prejudice that women faced during that time‚ and it opens the doors to discuss the repression of women and the solidarity that this kind of repression causes. The egotistical assumptions of the men in the play “Trifles” results
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Summary of Everything is an Argument: Everything is an Argument is a chapter dedicated in informing the reader that nearly every statement can be made into an argument. It begins with explaining the purpose of an argument; it clarifies that not every argument is about winning‚ rather it is about making a point. The take away of the point is solely up to the reader. It than goes on suggesting that arguments are meant to inform. These arguments are merely meant to inform the reader of something.
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The Day I lost Him Do you ever look at your boyfriend/girlfriend‚ best friend‚ brother/sister‚ or anyone you love and wonder what would life be like without them? Or do you ever imagine that they would just be gone one day? I never think that way. I think that everyone is invincible and everyone is going to live forever. That is how it seems at least. That is definitely not the case. I guess you could call me an idealist‚ but in reality people that you see everyday could be gone tomorrow. That
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Susan Glaspell’s Trifles explores the loss of companionship and the psychological effect that isolation can have on a person through the quiet conversation of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. Glaspell writes‚ “MRS. HALE [Not as if answering that.] I wish you’d seen Minnie Foster when she wore a white dress with blue ribbons and stood up there in the choir and sang. [A look around the room.] Oh‚ I wish I’d come over here once in a while! That was a crime! That was a crime! Who’s going to punish that?” (Glaspell)
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Susan Glaspell’s work in “trifles” gives the reader an example of an antihero. With Minnie Wright as one of the main characters‚ and fulfilling some of the qualities and characteristics that Aristoteles describes as tragic hero‚ such as tragic flaw‚ noble stature and the punishment exceeds the crime. That way it can be said that she forms part of the description. As the reader keeps reading it shows Minnie’s attitude and how peculiar it turns out to be‚ shows Minnie’s tragic flaw… When Mr. Hale
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