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    Appearance and Character “Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset” (41) ponders Ponyboy‚ a Greaser‚ when he realizes social class does not define a person. S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders tells of a town where social class splits the citizens into the lower class Greasers‚ who others view as horrible‚ selfish‚ tough‚ trouble-making criminals‚ and the upper class Socs or Socials‚ who the townspeople view as the privileged‚ wealthy‚ law-abiding people. Throughout

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    Reality

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    contribute to being more confident‚ which will lead to an individual taking on their goals head on. Also‚ both Leslie Bell’s‚ “Selections from Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom‚” and Daniel Gilbert’s‚ “Immune to Reality‚” offer insight on the matter of pursuit of happiness. Each individual has their own way of knowing when they are happy and only they will know when the feeling is reached. When self-esteem is dependent on competence‚ individuals invest a great

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    Appearance means everything Here’s something to think about. Have you ever been competing for something such as a job and wondered what made you lose to your competitor? Your first instinct would probably be that they have more intelligence or are more experienced and knowledgeable but what it that wasn’t the reason? Maybe‚ it had nothing to do with any of that. Maybe it had to do with your sex orientation or color of your skin‚ or even the quality of your clothes. In our society‚ appearance has

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    Trifles Research Paper

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    The play “Trifles” written by Susan Glaspell contains many literary elements that support the theme of the play. There are many themes discussed in this one act play. Some of these themes include: patriarchal dominance and male chauvinism‚ law and duty‚ and justice. The main theme‚ although there are many‚ is patriarchal dominance‚ meaning that men believe that they are above women in all circumstances. This mindset is very common among the men in this play; the men infer that the women are not capable

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    their physical appearance‚ education‚ hobbies‚ interests‚ personality‚ and possessions to name a few. When you begin to create a character sketch‚ you need to take each character trait and ask yourself questions to develop your character. For instance‚ what job do they have? As you continue with your sketch‚ you will soon find that your character has become a reality which means that your readers will be able to visualise and believe in them as well. Physical appearance Possibly‚ the

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    Women In The Play Trifles

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    story due to the sight of the incomplete housework. While the wives used the incomplete housework as evidence to crack the case. The incomplete housework holds different meanings to each gender based on how they live. In Susan Glaspell’s 1916 play Trifles‚ the incomplete housework recognized throughout the story included the dirty rag‚ the messy kitchen‚ and the incomplete quilt. A clean house was something that the men were accustomed to coming home too. In their eyes‚ the work they were responsible

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    Turning Points In Trifles

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    In the play Trifles I believe it has many significant points that make this story stand out and resemble many stories we here about in today’s society. We begin by having two women by the names of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters and then the two government officials who were all at the dead man Mr. John Wright’s house examining the crime scene the murder that had just taken place at. The sheriff and attorney are set from the very beginning that Mrs. Wright was the murderer and base their whole case around

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    deceptiveness of appearances is integral both to our understanding of character but also in the construction of the dominant viewpoint. In the opening phase of the novel‚ for instance‚ readers are alerted by the witches to the paradox‚ "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair" (Act I:i) suggesting that all is not what it seems. As an extension of this idea‚ Duncan refers to Macbeth as "noble Macbeth" (Act I:ii)‚ yet later we see him constructed as capable of murder. For Lady Macbeth‚ the appearance of propriety

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    In Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles‚” elements such as setting‚ personality‚ and behavior are used to set the mood for this crime story. In this story‚ a woman is being accused of killing her husband‚ and what better than a play to act out such a thing. I feel that through the use of actions‚ costumes‚ and props‚ the visual elements in this play really help to bring out this murder mystery to life. In the beginning of the play‚ the scene starts out with the description of the house and its kitchen

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    Appearance Are Depective

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