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    Canary for One

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    apparently considers such silence to be “normal” among properly married people Like many of Hemingway’s stories‚ ‘A Canary for One also deals with the essential loneliness of man and the futility of human relationships. Here he describes a train journey to Paris. After a brief note on the environment in the first character‚ an American lady starts a conversation obviously referring to the Canary that she bought in Palermo for a dollar and a half. The interior of the lit salon was quite stuffy with smoke

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    Trifles

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    Read the Powerpoint and the Play (copies attached in our Lessons Folder) and then answer the following questions: Try to make reference to certain scenes or lines by describing them ( you do not need exact page numbers) as you remember them‚ GIVE EXAMPLES. **Please type up your answers on a separate page using our regular Class format. DO NOT REPEAT THE QUESTIONS WITH YOUR ANSWERS!!!!   1.      What is the relationship between the two women‚ Mrs. Peters‚ Mrs. Hale? How do they react to one another

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    Trifles

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    Trifles Trifles is a play by Susan Glaspell that covers the lives of several women and the men in their lives. The story begins with the murder of one of their neighbors‚ Mr. Wright‚ who is suspected to have been killed by his wife. The local Sherriff‚ Peters‚ enlists the help of his friend Mr. Hale to investigate the crime. Their wives are willing to help solve the case‚ but are denied this opportunity by their husbands who believe that they should spend their time worrying about their female things

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    hitler's canary

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    Year 9 Soccer Elective ASSIGNMENT # 1: MY FOOTBALL / SOCCER VISION All assignments – to be given electronically – emailed to www.soccer2sports.com.au DUE DATE: TUESDAY 4TH NOV – 2014 Learning Outcomes Assessed: Knowledge: Describe your vision of how soccer should be played. Skills: Analyse the elements of attacking and defending in soccer and relate them to your vision of how soccer should be played. Application: Provide written and diagram details of how soccer should be played. Key Tasks

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    that Ernest Hemingway played a major role in defining twentieth century American literature … And regarding the short story… "A Canary for One" is the story of three people on a journey across Europe. The setting is a compartment of the train. A married couple shares a compartment with a woman who will be visiting her daughter. She is taking the daughter a canary. They are all Americans living in Europe and have a conversation. The main character of the story is the American lady. She is a

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    Irony in "Trifles"

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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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    her his correct information he gives her phony ones instead. Before she leaves she gets his license plate number even though they were not legit either. Jake’s intentions are to run and not take full responsibility for his actions.   The symbolism from this story is the freeway of Los Angeles. Jake feel the freedom of the open road when he is driving on the freeway and begins daydreaming that makes him have an accident. The theme for this story is fantasy‚ and includes Jake’s lies and deceptions

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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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    Trifles

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    * Last week we reflected on our writing‚ and this week we deal with some things related to the reading we will do in this class. The two primary components of this class are reading literature and then writing about literature‚ and knowing some of the literary devices and features will help you with both reading and writing about literature. * Before I provide my examples‚ I want to explain that literary devices (I call them conventions sometimes too) are like strategies.  That is‚ authors of

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    Trifles Symbolism For centuries people have been writing dramas‚ but witnessing the drama of a story is a different kind of experience. There are many elements that make up dramas‚ including sets/setting‚ plot‚ conflict‚ symbolism‚ point of view‚ irony etc. Symbolism is something that can be hard to look for in a drama. A symbol is something that represents more than itself. In a drama props‚ clothing‚ or sets could all be used as symbols. When symbolism is added to a play it becomes more sophisticated

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