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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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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3.1 Summarise the main points of legislation and procedures covering confidentiality‚ data protection and the disclosure of information. There are many legislations and procedures put in place to protect the privacy and welfare of children. This can be in schools‚ playgroups or any situation where information may be held about a child in order to ensure they receive the right care to best suit their needs. The UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) is a list of 42 promises made
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April 6‚ 1994‚ not even more than twenty years ago‚ was the beginning of a genocide that changed our world forever. The Hutus planned and achieved a massacre to try wipe out the Tutsi and the moderate Hutu population in the African country of Rwanda. As the slaughter continued the rest of the world stood by and silently watched. This lasted one hundred days and killed nearly eight-hundred-thousand Tutsis and moderate Hutus. A few reasons that led up to the Rwandan Genocide‚ was the colonization of
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The main turning point in the American Revolution The Battle of Saratoga was the main turning point in the American Revolution. The battle started September 19th‚ 1777 and lasted through October 17‚ 1777. Saratoga took place in upstate New York. The Battle of Saratoga was an important achievement for the Patriots during the American Revolution. The battle also persuaded foreign countries‚ such as France‚ that America could win the war. Lastly‚ the battled renewed the morale of the American public
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they live‚ making their life more pleasurable. The three main points that will show you how Lizabeth has planted marigolds will be mentioned throughout the next three paragraphs‚ they are‚ how the marigolds in this story have been used to symbolize happiness‚ how the marigold have been used to symbolize hope‚ and last but not least‚ how everyone some how has planted marigolds‚ just as Miss Lottie and Lizabeth have. The first main point that will be mentioned is how the marigolds in this short
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Summary of Main Points from the article: Reading from the Drop: Poetics of Identification and Yeats’s “Leda and the Swan” – Janet Neigh Janet identifies with Leda and her experience of sexist victimization allowing her to explore how Leda might symbolize the female-identified reader trying to establish agency from a text that in its representation of rape undermines her agency as a woman. The sonnet seems to explore the intersection of feminist and postcolonial power structures‚ and yet the politics
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Michael Lewis seem’s like a wonderful teacher based of the speech he gave. There are lots of great points and good information in his speech. This speech was funny and entertaining to listen too. Michael’s main point was about success. You only get success when you work hard for it. He made you feel like no matter how hard a person tries you should never give up and how they should strive for success no matter the circumstances. Michael made his speech very interesting by telling a story of his
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Tom‚ Amanda and Laura are the main characters of the play. Laura is an important character‚ as is Amanda‚ but they are not the protagonist. Tom Wingfield is the protagonist; the story belongs to him. "The protagonist of a literary work is the main character‚ who must change in some way during the course of the events‚ even if the change is entirely internal. Tom is clearly the protagonist of The Glass Menagerie. Although he is not heroic and will probably never triumph over his obstacles‚ he
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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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