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    Women In The Play Trifles

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    story due to the sight of the incomplete housework. While the wives used the incomplete housework as evidence to crack the case. The incomplete housework holds different meanings to each gender based on how they live. In Susan Glaspell’s 1916 play Trifles‚ the incomplete housework recognized throughout the story included the dirty rag‚ the messy kitchen‚ and the incomplete quilt. A clean house was something that the men were accustomed to coming home too. In their eyes‚ the work they were responsible

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    Turning Points In Trifles

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    In the play Trifles I believe it has many significant points that make this story stand out and resemble many stories we here about in today’s society. We begin by having two women by the names of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters and then the two government officials who were all at the dead man Mr. John Wright’s house examining the crime scene the murder that had just taken place at. The sheriff and attorney are set from the very beginning that Mrs. Wright was the murderer and base their whole case around

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    PROLOGUE OEDIPUS My children‚ scions of the ancient Cadmean line‚ what is the meaning of this thronging round my feet‚ this holding out of olive boughs all wreathed in woe? The city droops with elegaic sound and hymns with pails of incense hang. I come to see it with my eyes‚ no messenger’s. Yes‚ I whom men call Oedipus the Great. [He turns to the PRIEST] Speak‚ Elder‚ you are senior here. Say what this pleading means‚ what frightens you‚ what you beseech. Coldblooded would I be‚ to be unmoved

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    In Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles‚” elements such as setting‚ personality‚ and behavior are used to set the mood for this crime story. In this story‚ a woman is being accused of killing her husband‚ and what better than a play to act out such a thing. I feel that through the use of actions‚ costumes‚ and props‚ the visual elements in this play really help to bring out this murder mystery to life. In the beginning of the play‚ the scene starts out with the description of the house and its kitchen

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    Trifles Gender Conflict

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    In the play Trifles‚ there seems to be one conflict that stays consistent through the entire play. The conflict of gender roles between male and female. The play itself is about the investigation and murder of Mr. Wright. Who has been found dead in his bed that looks to be a murder from a rope around his neck. The play takes place where the body was found‚ inside the Wrights household. Investigating is County Attorney George Henderson‚ and Sheriff Henry Peters. Included in the play also is Lewis

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    1. Diction Diction is very important in the given passage from Trifles‚ it contributes to characterization and plot in multiple ways‚ making for a better piece of literary work. By using diction in this passage the writer was able to portray the characters very well due to the images of the characters that are clearly formed in the readers’ minds. Through diction and characterization we are able to get too know Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters and realize that they are two very different individuals. We

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    While viewing the play‚ Trifles‚ and reading the play‚ one may notice there are some vast differences in the two. The characteristics stay about the same for the characters that are being analyzed in both the story and the play. Through a diligent analysis of Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Hale one may see that‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters cover up the evidence of how Mr. Wright dies. They stand up for Mrs. Wright because they have some suspicion that Mrs. Wright was being abused by Mr. Wright. In the beginning

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    Susan Glaspell's Trifles

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    ’s who did all the cleaning‚ cooking‚ and the ones who took care of the children. Women didn ’t really start having jobs that paid till the 1920 ’s - 1930 ’s. But until then‚ the men did the majority of the work out in society. In a play called‚ Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell‚ which was written and took place in 1916‚ two women by the names of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters lived in a small town where a murder had just occurred. While the county attorney and the sheriff try and look for clues around the house

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    Trifles By Susan Glaspell

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    In the play "Trifles" written by Susan Glaspell‚ George Henderson (County Attorney)‚ Henry Peters (Sheriff)‚ Lewis Hale (A neighboring farmer) ‚Mrs Peters and Mrs Hall Gather in the kitchen of John wright and Minnie wright’s abandoned home to investigate the murder of John Wright. The house is a mess as it is described as There was unfinished business everywhere you look. Dirty dishes and a loaf of bread are setting out in the open. The scene looks like someone was in a hurry. Mrs. Wright was taken

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    Oedipus

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    Chemicals are in everywhere in part of our life. Chemistry is present in nearly everything we see and everything we do‚ our body ‚our home and environment. Chemicals can keep our body healthy maintaining our life style and keep us healthy and safe. You probably wouldn’t even be alive if it wasn’t for chemistry. Chemical reactions are happening every second in your body‚ keeping you alive. Everything you hear‚ see‚ smell‚ taste‚ and touch involves chemistry and chemicals (matter). Hearing‚ seeing

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