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    abandoned‚ with no suspects in mind. The play‚ Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell‚ portrays just one of those murders; the suspect not obvious to the reader at first‚ but in the end‚ the play is considered solved to some and unsolved by others. There are several detectives involved in this case‚ some more unconventional than others. This play tells the reader that the small things are important by how women become triflestrifles become evidence and trifles contribute to the conclusion of the play. In this

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    Protagonist in Trifles

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    The controversial question that ambles‚ then gains every readers eye and eventually turns into a debate when reading Susan Glaspell’s one act play‚ Trifles‚ is who is the protagonist? There are seven characters in Trifles and only one of them is the protagonist. One might argue that Mrs. Peters or Mrs. Hale is the protagonist because of the disclosure of their feelings and their constant dialogue about Mr. Wright‚ who is dead‚ and Mrs. Wright‚ who is now in jail for murdering her husband. No‚ there

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    Stereotypes In Trifles

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    For many years society has categorized men and women in several different ways. During this contextual essay analysis essay I will be discussing the stereotypes of women in the story of “trifles”. The most important stereotype introduced in this play is that women are lesser creatures than men--that they are not capable of thinking as competently as their male counterparts. The men allow this stereotype to interfere with the investigation as they continually comment on the silliness of their conversation

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    Symbols In Trifles

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    In Glaspell’s drama Trifles‚ she conveys a theme that relationships can be oppressive. Three symbols used to convey the theme are the cage‚ the rope‚ and the bird. In the drama Trifles‚ Glaspell uses the cage as a symbol to represent the marriage. About half way into the drama Mrs. Hale begins to make comments about the house‚ Mrs. Hale. It never seemed a very cheerful place. This shows a relationship between the marriage and the setting. It resembles an unhappy place‚ much like a prison; furthermore

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    events back to normal showing that everyone is acting through habit‚ though it is more of a false reality because it is easier to continue doing the same thing than to confront the issue. After Stella’s child has been born‚ Blanche is waiting for her dream man to pick her up and take her away. Except‚ unintimately it is inferred that she is taken to a mental institution because of her inability to face reality and continues to replace the truth with her version of it. Blanche’s past has been riddled with

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    Trifles: Women

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    deal with all the “real” problems in society and petty problems were left to the woman at home. Susan Glaspell describes this world in her drama “Trifles‚” written in 1916. Throughout the story‚ Glaspell uses both a male and female perspective to help illustrate the difference in importance in male and female work and respect. Susan Glaspell’s drama “Trifles” is more than a murder investigation; it is an attack on the gender inequalities of the time period. When the women are called to the scene of

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    Trifles Argument

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    Ashley Blanks EH 224-OP June 29‚ 2012 “Trifles” The story‚ “Trifles”‚ by Susan Glaspell is about a murder investigation of John Wright. And while this investigation is going on‚ Mr. Peters (the sheriff)‚ Mr. George Henderson (the county attorney)‚ and Mr. Hale (neighboring farmer of Mr. John Wright‚ fail to investigate properly. They don’t think about why Mrs. Minnie Wright (Mr. John Wright’s wife) did what she did. And the reason for them not really thinking about it is because Mrs. Wright

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    Trifles Plot

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    The play Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell is a murder mystery. Critic "Gary A. Richardson says that in Trifles‚ Glaspell developed a new structure for her action." (Kirszner and Mandell 1121) Richardson claims that "Trifles is carefully crafted to match Glaspell’s subject matter- the action meanders‚ without a clearly delineated beginning‚ middle‚ or end.." (qtd. in Kirszner and Mandell 1121) Upon closer inspect we can clearly see that Glaspell does indeed have a beginning‚ middle and end‚ and the action

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    Gender In Trifles

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    play “Trifles‚” by Susan Glaspell‚ the story takes place at the home of Mr. Wright a man who was murdered. Two man accompanied by two women visit the murder scene. Both genders are able to see the murder scene in different aspects. The women are able to notice things in the house that the men are not. This causes the men to not really see what happened to the murder victim. The main theme on “Trifles” is how different women and men can be. During the play it shows how both genders can be in the

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    Analysis of Trifles

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    Tonisia Giddens Eng. 102 9/12/14 Analysis of Trifles Women are the only oppressed group in our society that live in intimate association with their oppressors and because of this most often live caged‚ unfulfilled lives. Trifles is a play by Susan Glaspell written in 1916. John Wright‚ who owned a farm‚ had been murdered the night before by strangulation in his bed. His wife‚ Minnie Wright‚ was accused of the homicide because she was the only one present at the time of his death. This one scene

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