John Greer Colorado Technical University Online LITR240-1302B-02: Literature: A Mirror of Life Phase 1 IP: “Love in L.A.” and “A Good Man is hard to find” Professor: Jordine Logan May 27‚ 2013 “Love in L.A.” (Short Story) The setting of the story “Love in L.A.” takes place on the freeway of Los Angeles. The main character‚ Jake‚ is an immature‚ arrogant‚ irresponsible protagonist that is carelessly driving and daydreaming without a care in the world. Amidst the gridlock of traffic‚ he
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Susan Glaspell’s short play‚ “Trifles”‚ characterized her characters through the theme on gender difference. In this debate about gender dominancy in history‚ men took part as the head of household‚ providing for his family and working at his job‚ whether in farming or in the business world. For women‚ they take the role as housewives where women cook and clean for family‚ which men state that a woman’s place is in the kitchen. After women declare voting rights in the early twentieth century‚ women
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Reality Vs. Illusion It is human nature for every person to have a vision of a perfect world and a perfect life. This imaginary world is exactly what Blanche DuBois has created for herself in A Streetcar Named Desire. In this story by Tennessee Williams the theme of reality vs. illusion plays a very vital role on the story and its characters. The fact that Blanche is so far wrapped in the illusion of what her world is has played a big role in misconstruing the reality of what her life has
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“Trifles” is a thematically complex work‚ focusing on topics of feminine identity‚ justice and isolation. The marginalization of women in a patriarchal society‚ the differing attitudes and viewpoints of the men and the women regarding the underlying theme of justice and revenge‚ and the despair and loneliness in Mrs. Wright’s life exposes a broader interpretation of rural American life in the early 1900’s. The play focuses around minor details‚ mere trifles‚ the implications of which become disturbingly
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The theme of appearance and reality Arms and the Man are considered as one of the most important plays written by George Bernard Show. Through out of his play‚ show attacks and satirizes the hypocritical society in which the appearance of people differs from their reality. The petkoff family is an example of the hypocritical people in society. They pretend to be more civilized that what they really are. Petkoff always proud that he was a library which is full of books though he was never read any
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Heather Brown Professor Evermind English 1302 2 March 2012 The Irony in Trifles The play Trifles written by Susan Glaspell is set in the nineteenth century. A trifle is a thing of little value or importance‚ so in the play Trifles the irony of the story is quite humorous. In this time period women were not treated as equals‚ men believed women did not have as much intellect as themselves‚ and treated them accordingly. With this in mind the irony of the play revolves around how much better
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men as the workers who bring home the money and are more powerful and capable of doing things. Women were viewed as housekeepers‚ basically to stay home all day‚ clean the house‚ prepare food‚ and take care of the kids. In Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” Gender roles were shown through how men and women think‚ their “capabilities”‚ and intelligence. All of the action in the play takes place in the home of the former Mr. John Wright and his wife Minnie Wright‚ who is being held as the suspect
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Irony in “Trifles” The death of a man named John Wright begins the adventure to solving his murder. He was found hanged in his house; while his wife‚ Mrs. Wright‚ is questioned by the police she does not seem to be bothered by her husband’s death. As stated by Mr. Hale when speaking to Mrs. Wright‚ “I want to see John. And then she-laughed” (Glaspell 1048). In Glaspell’s play “Trifles” the two women‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters‚ find many trifles through-out the house that the men consider to be
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The play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell takes place in a bleak‚ untidy kitchen of a farmhouse. Farmer John Wright has been murdered and his wife‚ Minnie Wright‚ is taken into custody as a suspect to his murder. Sheriff Peters and County Attorney George Henderson pride themselves on their powers of detection and logical reasoning. They begin searching through the house trying to find any sort of evidence. But it is the two women‚ Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale‚ who discover the trifles in which is the key
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and controlled. Women during this time were not given the same respect as men were and definitely did not hold any weight in shaping the views of society as men constantly silenced them because men held all the power in society. In the 1916 play Trifles by Susan Gaspell; there is a tone of feminism within this murder story that displays the many mistreatings of women during the early 1900’s and the silence that was forced upon them. This essay will discuss the examples of feminism in the play and
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