Name: ______________________________ Date: ________________________ Period: ______ “Trifles” Literary Response and Analysis Questions Directions: Read the questions carefully. Respond to each thoroughly‚ insightfully and correctly in complete sentences. Answers are worth two points each. 1. What attitudes toward women do the Sheriff and the County Attorney express? How do Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters react to these statements? 2. Why does the County Attorney care so much about
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“Trifles”‚ a one act play written by Susan Glaspell‚ is about a woman named Mrs. Wright who is suspected of murdering her husband‚ John. Throughout this play‚ Glaspell uses symbolism‚ irony‚ and the setting of the play and draw the readers in. The men investigating the scene are unable to solve the crime due to the fact that each piece of evidence is a domestic item that is generally specific to women. However‚ the two women that are also involved throughout this scene begin to pick up on these clues
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Uncontrolled Emotions and Their Consequences The plays Trifles by Susan Glaspell and Oedipus the King by Sophocles illustrate how uncontrolled emotions‚ such as fear‚ anger‚ embarrassment and can lead to bad consequences‚ including impulsive actions‚ destroying lives‚ and ultimately death. When reading these plays‚ the reader sees how detrimental negative emotions can be when it comes to the well-being of themselves and others that are in their lives. Not only can the lack of control of these emotions
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The Symbol of the Bird in “Trifles” English 111 Throughout the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters visit the Wright home after the murder of Mr. Wright to help look for evidence. They come across an empty bird cage and notice that Mrs. Wright once owned a song bird. The women then observe the cage and realize the door has been broken partially off of the hinge. Mrs. Hale assumes that someone was “rough with it” and suggests this to be the motive of the crime that
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met at the Capulet’s ball‚ and they instantly fell in love with each other. They married without the consent of their parents‚ but died together. In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet‚ Benvolio serves as a foil to Tybalt‚ and the nurse to the Lady Capulet. Firstly‚ Benvolio serves as a foil to Tybalt. To begin with‚ Tybalt wanted to start a fight‚ but Benvolio tried to stop it. The following quote shows how Tybalt wanted to fight but Benvolio didn’t “I do but keep the peace.”/ “ I hate the word
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Essay for Trifles by Susan Glaspell The Dramatic Effects of the Setting While reading the short play‚ "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell‚ one can draw many conclusions based on the setting. The reader can form opinions of the characters and lives that they led just by the detailed description of the setting. But what exactly does the author’s use of setting do? The setting in the way Susan Glaspell wrote it was to help the reader to understand just how sad the main character‚ Mrs. Wright’s life
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Dramatic Effects of the Setting While reading the short play‚ "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell‚ one can draw many conclusions based on the setting. The reader can form opinions of the characters and lives that they led just by the detailed description of the setting. But what exactly does the author’s use of setting do? The setting in the way Susan Glaspell wrote it was to help the reader to understand just how sad the main character‚ Mrs. Wright’s life was. The setting also helps you to understand
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“I heard she used to wear pretty clothes and be lively when she was Minnie Foster‚ one of those town girls singing in the choir” (1309) said the Wright’s neighbor‚ Mrs. Hale to Mrs. Peters‚ the sheriff’s wife. Susan Glaspell wrote the play‚ Trifles‚ which was published in 1916. This play is about a murder committed in a farmhouse in the Midwest‚ focusing on the meaning of Minnie Wright’s life and reasons behind killing her husband. The different assumptions and perceptions of the men and women in
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The Kite Runner/Life of Pi: The Foil In both The Kite Runner and Life of Pi‚ the relationship between the major character and a minor character—the foil—help to highlight the main character’s qualities‚ illuminating his traits to be seen in an extraordinary‚ nonstandard way. In The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini creates Hassan as the foil for Amir. Hassan’s character‚ as perfect as he is‚ causes Amir to pale in comparison‚ something that Amir channels throughout his life‚ governing his actions. Similarly
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