If a man had voted it would have been okay and acceptable but since she was a woman it was against the law and considered criminal.5 Anthony was fined with $100‚ which she never ended up paying. Later in her life‚ Susan B. Anthony gave up her fight on women’s rights due to the lack of progress. She then died on March 13‚ 1906. Amelia Bloomer‚ the publisher of the Woman’s Rights newspaper The Lily‚ was another very inspirational woman who was also in the fight. She
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Victoria Mendoza Kelsi Vanada The Interpretation of Literature 02 October 2014 Setting: More than Meets the Eye “You’re convinced that there was nothing important here—nothing that would point to any motive?” (Glaspell 1128). “Nothing here but kitchen things” (Glaspell 1128). This is his greatest mistake. Little does he know that there is more to this gloomy‚ disorganized kitchen than he thinks. In fact‚ all the answers he is looking for are right in that room. In Trifles‚ the kitchen is the
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“The power of introvert” is the article that I had read by Susan Cain‚ author of the Book “Quit”. Her book talks about the benefit of collaboration and introvert‚ who likes to work alone. Groupthink is a good idea‚ but what about introverts? Can they behave with them and share some time and work space with the group thinkers? Groupthink is everywhere. It’s in school‚ companies‚ fashion and religions places. The benefit from groupthinks in these places to share ideas and to know what everyone thinks
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Anthony was one of the leaders of the women’s suffrage. “Testing another strategy‚ Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in the 1872 election in Rochester‚ NY. As planned‚ she was arrested for "knowingly‚ wrongfully and unlawfully vot[ing] for a representative to the Congress of the United States‚" convicted by the State of New York‚ and
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female figure is anticipated to carry the roles of caretaker‚ cook‚ mother‚ among other household duties. In addition‚ women were expected to be submissive and be the inferior of her husband; no voice of their own. It is evident that the setting of Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles” took place in an era where women were just seen as the “wife” of a male figure. Only females of that time period understood the struggles of being a housewife‚ therefore they felt obligated to ally with each other to protect themselves
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Justice Is Served Justice is served‚ a three word sentence that holds to be true and false at the same time. The true definition of justice can be hidden behind the eye of the beholder. In Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles Mr. John Wright is strangled in the middle of the night. His wife seems to know nothing of the murder‚ nor does she seem concerned about the death of her husband. She is considered the prime suspect from the beginning. The Sheriff‚ his wife‚ Mr. and Mrs. Hale‚ and the county
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Destiny Wallace Mrs.Bickham English 102-114 23 April 2015 A Feminist Play Susan Glaspell was born 1876 in Iowa‚ to a conservative family with a modern income. Later on in her life‚ she got her degree from Drake University and right after became a reporter for the Des Moines News. Trifles‚ written in 1916‚ was one of her most famous plays. Trifles is reflected off the sex roles and gender play in the 1900s. In Susan Glaspell’s Trifles‚ one important hidden theme is feminism. Feminist criticism is
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the process of building herself; giving her strength for her to be able to obtain the career she wanted; like her overcoming multiple sexist boundaries‚ and emotional blockades. Not only‚ does Hope Jahren give the readers this experience but so does Susan Cain in her novel Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking; as she walks the reader through the mindset of an introvert’s journey as they must learn to overcome the many hurdles that society has thrown in front of these great
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Michael Cooper LITR201-1403A-02 Literature: A Reflection of Life Phase 4 Individual Project August 3‚ 2014 The title of the Susan Glaspell play‚ “Trifles‚” is a very important implication of the aggressive struggle that contributes to the tension of a very severe situation that is everything but trifling. A man has been murdered by his wife; however‚ the gentlemen of the town who are investigating the crime are unable to solve the mysterious murder through standard criminal justice procedures
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A Bit of Singing and Dancing by Susan Hill is the short story of Esme Fanshaw‚ who following a lifetime of caring after her bedridden tyrannical mother‚ is finally set free. Although forced by her mother to live modestly‚ Esme inherits 6‚000 pounds from her late‚ stingy mother. With so much cash in hand‚ she has great plans for her immediate and far future‚ among which travelling and moving to London: “She felt flushed and a little drunk then‚ she felt that all things were possible‚ the future was
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