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    written by Susan Glaspell that are exactly the same? Susan Glaspell wrote two stories “ Trifles” and “Jury of her Peers”. Both stories are written with the same exact message but put into two different point of views. They are the same because the message for both is the same .Now of course the two stories have similarities but they also have differences. In the story “Trifles” and “Jury of her Peers” both present the same message but the way each story is wrote from the stories point of view is different

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    Trifles Vs. A Jury of Her Peers A Jury of Her Peers and Trifles by Susan Glaspell are very similar stories. The stories are about the marginalization of women in society. The roles of women as workers were downgraded a lot‚ never taking into account just how hard the work is doing all of the household chores every day‚ and preparing and planning for the future. In the stories‚ they are treated like they do not mean anything in the workforce and are only there to serve the world and the men in

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    Literary Analysis of Symbols in “A Jury of Her Peers” I picked three symbols from the story A Jury of Her Peers. One of the symbols has to do with the investigation. The other two have to do with Minnie Wright. A symbol in A Jury of Her Peers is “trifles”. Within the story‚ the men investigated the house to find evidence from the crime. They don’t pay attention to any of the small things (trifles)‚ but the women do. The women end up figuring out more than the men. The men say‚ “Oh

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    and Jury of her Peers are similar and different in some ways. While both stories‚ Trifles and Jury of her Peers are third person one is limited and the other is objective which changes how everything is seen. The points of view of Trifles and Jury of her Peers affect the reader’s mood and the tone. First thing first is the mood. Mood is a very important part to every story. Now the mood in these stories are very different. While Trifles has a very sad and depressed mood‚ Jury of her Peers has a

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    and “A Jury of Her Peers’ are two pieces of literature that tell the tale of two women at a crime scene. With the exception of one scene‚ the two works are nearly identical in terms of story. Glaspell’s decision to write the story as both a play and a short story gives us a unique opportunity‚ the chance to view the story from a multitude of viewpoints. The play gives no clear protagonist‚ yet because of the nature of short stories Mrs. Hale is thrust into the role in “A Jury of Her Peers”. Looking

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    of a woman murdering her husband. “A Jury of her Peers” is another edition of this story. During the 1830’s‚ the “Temperance Movement” which was the very first American reform campaign to emphasize the brutality of domestic violence. Insisting that domestic violence was the direct influence of alcohol the reformers believed that survival of the alcoholic’s wife was dependent on her rights to control her own earnings‚ gain custody of her children‚ and to seek a divorce on her own and none of these

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    different genres of Trifles and “ A Jury of Her Peers” can have an effect on the stories point of views and are similar to the story that they both tell. Trifles and “ A Jury of Her Peers” have many things in common one of which being the choice of words that they use. For example‚ “Not having children makes less work‚’ mused Mrs.Hale”(Trifles 719). Also‚ “No‚’ she didn’t have a cat. She got afraid that feeling some people have about cats--being afraid of them” (Jury 10). Both examples can be found

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    their grave‚ so having somebody to converse with is important. Stories have repeatedly shown what happens while isolated such as: “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” by Sherman Alexie‚ “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ and “A Jury of Her Peers

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    English 102 May 1‚ 2013 Critical Analysis Essay “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell is a short story that examines how women who have similar backgrounds and common experiences enable them to identify with each other and piece together a murder without the help of men. The author wrote this story in the early 1900s when roles were still very divided between men and women. New inventions were emerging like the telephone and automobile however in rural areas of the United States these

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    In “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell‚ the state of the things in Minnie Wright’s life show the state of the relationship she has with her husband. This is shown through the terrible state of her house‚ the piecing together of her quilt‚ and constantly state of being alone. These also give light to key themes Glaspell is portraying throughout her story. In the story‚ multiple things were left half done in the house. According to the story‚ one example of this was the kitchen table‚ “One half

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