it was‚ that the woman of the house is responsible for the household and has to do it properly. In the description of the first scene there is already so much information about the roles of men and women. The women of the scene Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale are standing next to the door which is a symbol for not taking part in the discussion. Also they stand close together. This is a hint that they protect each other or are scared of something. The major part of the play both women are looking for things
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Nathan Hale was an ordinary person‚ as ordinary as he can be‚ but he never knew he was going to grow up so fast. Nathan Hale grew up to be a spy. He was someone who loved his country more than his life. He was the first man killed in the U.S.’ Army working as a spy. He had a big family and many friends as well. One of them was a spy‚ as well. After he started his career‚ he accepted a job in the Continental army. Then he became a spy. He reported lots of information to the U.S. government‚ but sadly
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ASSIGNMENT #2 Sarah Hale and the Ladies Magazine In the late 1820s many women’s magazines were published but men were the ones who produced my men. This was because the legal status of women was over powered my men which was called coverture. This magazine was edited for by women‚ which has never been done according to Sarah Hale. In this magazine she defined to perimeters called “woman sphere”. It was basically teach women to get more familiar with their duties and privileges. Hale wanted these duties
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Tituba and parris are to blame for starting the hysteria because without parris telling everyone about the dancing and if tituba had not told people she was working with the devil people’s suspicion eventually would had worn off. When parris says “and what shall i say to them? That my daughter and niece i discovered dancing like heathens in the forest?” (p.10). He is trying to figure out what really happened in the woods. When she doesn’t tell him the truth the news of the dancing somehow slips out
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important lines take place‚ the wife overlooked takes control‚ and the quilt and the dead bird tell the real story of the Wright home. There is irony in the focus on the activity of her hands "pleating" her apron‚ this is mentioned several times by Lewis Hale‚ who is a neighboring farmer. These same hands are the ones that put the knotted rope around John Wright’s neck. There also is a focus on the work of her hands‚ when the women find the quilt she was working on; and the preserves of fruit. The apron
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“My pack is old Alwyn‚ older than most‚ but Hale paid no heed to our age. It was a mistake. Our memory is ancient and we have legends and truths that have long since been forgotten. Foolish Hale. If they had recalled how we obtained our name‚ they would have left a sleeping dragon alone and I would not be here.” (Actions and so forth.) “Any fool can make a rule. And any fool will mind it. The rules that they made‚ we followed some‚ but we are not asinine. Many of their rules were useless to us‚ more
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Akbar Prof. Fallas ENG 102-70 8 Aug 2011 Trifles Characters in Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles separate along gender lines definitively in step with the social distinctions between men and women that were coming under fire by the 1920s. While this was likely a hot issue for audiences when the play was first performed‚ the developing subtext of gender issues is distanced from the conscious mind of participants through the vehicle of setting
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The responsibilities of caring for a house‚ and a kitchen in particular‚ are linked only to women. Martha Hale still thinks of Minnie Wright as Minnie Foster‚ highlighting the identity change each woman undergoes when she marries and takes her husband’s name as her own‚ as socially you are defined by your husband’s identity and your own separate personality
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“Just be yourself. Let people see the real‚ imperfect‚ flawed‚ quirky‚ weird‚ beautiful‚ magical person that you are.”-Mandy Hale. You need to just let yourself loose and be free don’t let others change you be a leader‚ not a follower.In the story‚ the girl was trying to fit in and wasn’t being her self.In Just Be Yourself the author tells you to try new things and just be yourself not anyone else because you not someone else. A detail from the story that stuck out to me was when the narrator talked
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she wrote this play during a time of controversial feminist issues which drew from her past and current experience events. Trifles are mostly viewed as an example of early feminist drama‚ because it shows two female characters‚ Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale‚ and their ability to sympathize with the victim’s wife‚ Minnie Foster. They understand her motives‚ which ultimately leaded them to the evidence they found against her. Glaspell demonstrated how the male assumption that the women were insignificant
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