The play‚ “Trifles‚” by Susan Glaspell opens when the deputy sheriff and company entering a house where a murder has occurred. Minnie Wright who is the victim’s wife is the main suspect of the crime. If I were going to try to prosecute her for the crime of murdering her husband‚ there are several things that might help convict her of the crime. The first thing I would use as evidence is the fact that is it no forced entry into the house. There was nothing in the house that showed anyone has been
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Susan Glaspell was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright‚ actress‚ novelist‚ and journalist. Glaspell wrote the play Trifles which tells the story two investigations being conducted over murder of John Wright. While the male characters of the play conduct an “official” investigation the female characters find themselves inadvertently conducting their own “unofficial” investigation. However this is not a run-of-the-mill murder mystery play‚ in which the focus lies solely on discovering the
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emotions‚ and the most significant emotion is happiness. Happiness can range from something as a big as winning the power ball to something as miniscule as a pet. The miniscule things are what tie us down‚ and make sure we stay sane. In the play Trifles by the playwright Susan Glaspell the thing that tied down a Midwestern farmwife Minnie Wright‚ was her little canary. The one miniscule thing that kept her sane from all of the sadness that surrounded her caused by her emotionally abusive husband
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Christine Pena Prof. Compton ENG 102 28 April 2014 Comparative Analysis: Trifles vs. A Jury of Her Peers During the 1900s‚ women are basically downgraded by men who does not understand the hard work that the women does in their everyday chores. Susan Glaspell‚ author of Trifles and Jury of Her Peers‚ highlighted the portrayal of men’s superiority over women in both of her works. She was the journalist who covered the John Hossack murder case which are the bases of both the short story and the
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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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Erika Harris Critical Analysis of Trifles Susan Glaspell wrote Trifles in 1916 when society was based on patriarchal views. The story is of a murder being investigated. The county attorney and sheriff look for clues while the wives clean and gather items for the accused wife. As the story unfolds‚ the audience becomes aware of differences between the men and women‚ the attitude of the men towards the women‚ and motives for the murder. The play begins with the county attorney getting information
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least a small change‚ in the world or just in a person. Trifles‚ a drama‚ and “Everyday Use”‚ a short story‚ are two very short and small impacting works. Both these works seem to have plenty in common‚ like the theme‚ even though they may appear to tell two distinct stories. They both tell of a change in history. The drama Trifles was written in the early 18th century by Susan Glaspell and and is shown to be one of the first feminist works. Trifles is based upon a real murder case that occurred while
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In the play‚ Trifles written by Susan Keating Glaspell really showed the aspects of the disrespect between knowledge based on gender. In addition‚ a similar work of the play known as the short story “a Jury of her Peers” focused on the same issues that are possessed in this work. Now‚ the setting The Monis Center‚ Dickson county‚ Nebraska and the John has been strangled and the police and doing an investigation. His wife Minnie is the one who should be the main person accused of the crime but‚ since
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husband and the focus of the play goes to why kill the husband. These three plays differ in style‚ setting and other literal characteristics. This paper will explore some of these differences. Characters are the most important part of a play. In Jekin’s play‚ characters are shown to be American‚ romantic and adventurers (Andreach 113).In his play it is the characters that keep the play running. Trifles meanwhile shows the men
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Gender roles have caused strain over decades to not only females‚ but recently males as well. There are many attributes that humans have associated with each gender‚ causing a divide between sexes not only with each other‚ but also separating the two into almost completely different species. Due to this categorizing which is placed on gender‚ there can be a declining value of a person or even a higher hand given to the one gender which is seen as more powerful to society. The stereotypical labeling
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