Victoria Mendoza Kelsi Vanada The Interpretation of Literature 02 October 2014 Setting: More than Meets the Eye “You’re convinced that there was nothing important here—nothing that would point to any motive?” (Glaspell 1128). “Nothing here but kitchen things” (Glaspell 1128). This is his greatest mistake. Little does he know that there is more to this gloomy‚ disorganized kitchen than he thinks. In fact‚ all the answers he is looking for are right in that room. In Trifles‚ the kitchen is the
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“The power of introvert” is the article that I had read by Susan Cain‚ author of the Book “Quit”. Her book talks about the benefit of collaboration and introvert‚ who likes to work alone. Groupthink is a good idea‚ but what about introverts? Can they behave with them and share some time and work space with the group thinkers? Groupthink is everywhere. It’s in school‚ companies‚ fashion and religions places. The benefit from groupthinks in these places to share ideas and to know what everyone thinks
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Trifles was written in the early 1900’s by Susan Glaspell. This occurred far before the women’s movement. Women were generally looked upon as possessions to their husbands. Their children‚ all wages‚ and belongings were property of their husbands. In Glaspell’s story it is easily depicted as to what role the men and women portrayed in society at this time. Glaspell proves her point by a conversation between two women in this story. The women‚ Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale
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The general argument made by author Susan K. Cahn‚ is that in" today’s’ society there are women athletes who are media celebrities and a source of inspiration for many. But not long ago‚ being serious about sports was considered appropriate only for men and boys". Throughout the 20th century‚ women’s increasing participation in sports has challenged our conception of womanhood. Some celebrated the female athlete as the embodiment of modern womanhood‚ but others branded her "mannish" which was
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The word trifles means a thing of little meaning or value according to the free online dictionary. In the play we see a lot of trifles; to me these trifles are the material things that pretty much helped solve the case in the play‚ for example; the mess in the kitchen‚ the dirty towels and the fruit. Mrs. Peter (to the other woman): oh‚ her fruit; it did freeze. (To the lawyer.) She worried about that when it turned so cold. She said the fire’d go out and her jars would break. Sheriff (rises): well
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Susan Sontag’s claim it is clear that photography limits people’s interpretation of the world. This claim I false because pictures rang from people in complete destitution as seen by photos of Jacob Riis to people having a good time on vacation. Because of this diverse collection of pictures‚ people see the world as it is instead of "more than it really is". This is seen through actions of Hitler various world events such the Vietnam War and the Kent State incident as well as literature like The
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Anthony was one of the leaders of the women’s suffrage. “Testing another strategy‚ Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in the 1872 election in Rochester‚ NY. As planned‚ she was arrested for "knowingly‚ wrongfully and unlawfully vot[ing] for a representative to the Congress of the United States‚" convicted by the State of New York‚ and
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March 08‚ 2012 Humanities 200 Essay Topic 1 Question #2 Naturalism is the style of art that details precision and accuracy in displaying things as they are. Artists during would use naturalism by taking realistic figures and depicting those figures in natural setting as realistically as possible. Prior to the Renaissance‚ artists maintained their dependence upon the ancient tradition of icon painting‚ mostly of the religious kind. Duccio di Buoninsega of Siena conveyed within his paintings
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In the first half of the 19th century‚ even though a few women such as Susan B. Anthony started social reform activities‚ majority of women were restricted by a strict female virtue consensus. Most of them were recognized as domestic workers with their legal rights largely incorporated into the men’s in their families. Before the 1860s‚ many middle-class white women received education‚ but mostly were only enough for child nurturing. Rarely would a woman attain equal education as men; however‚ she
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Susan Glaspell’s drama is a riveting tale of murder‚ motives and false- or not- accusations. It was written in 1916 and helped to usher in the women’s sufferage movement by generating awareness. In this story‚ the women discover a vitally important piece of evidence‚ a bird with a broken neck. Even though Mrs. Wright claims she did not murder her husband‚ with a motive in hand the courts could easily overturn her plea; however‚ the men feel the women are worried about silly things- trifles. While
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