Chloe Anthony Wofford was born on February 18‚ 1931 to Ramah Wofford and George Wofford in Lorraine‚ OH. Chloe was the second oldest of four children. Her father was a welder by trade but worked many jobs to support his family and mother was a maid. In 1949 she graduated from Lorain High School with. She then attended college at Howard University‚ where she majored in English and minored in Classics. . While attending college she decided to Change her name to “Toni” which a shorter version of her
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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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"Suppressed Desires" by Susan Glaspell is a two-scene play about a woman‚ Henrietta‚ who is obsessed with dream interpretation and seems unable to stop over-analyzing the dreams of her husband‚ Stephen‚ and Henrietta’s unsophisticated sister‚ Mabel. Mabel knows so little about psychoanalysis that she think it is "something about war‚" though she has seen a psychiatrist‚ Dr. Russell‚ the same psychiatrist who cares for Stephen. Henrietta respects psychoanalysis until eventually‚ her mind changes about
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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. With the death of it‚ came
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are some moments when it must be taken” (Amistad). Those who are repressed seek expression; those who are trapped…freedom. The human spirit rebels against dominance‚ propelling those effected into action. The short dramatic play‚ “Trifles‚” by Susan Glaspell showcases the repression of American women by a male dominated society during the late 1800’s. The protagonist‚ Minnie Wright‚ remains unseen throughout the play. Just as women of the playwright’s time were silenced in matters that affected
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Trifles Defense Critic Essay A critic once said‚ “Trifles is a lousy play. By the third page we know who dun it‚ so there isn’t much reason to sit through the rest of the play.” This statement is a closed minded opinion. Susan Glaspell‚ the author of “Trifles”‚ does depict the murderer in this detective story but leaves the audience sitting in question of the motive for the mariticide. The play “Trifles” is an interesting and a great play because it offers questionable motives‚ the truth of the
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occurred. Whites enforced white supremacy and dehumanized black lives by savagely beaten them both physically and psychologically. On the other hand‚ Mississippi is a home for thousands of people today‚ both black and white. In his novel “Mississippi”‚ Anthony Walton analyzes the paradox of the state’s ugly past and the resulting landscape. To accomplish this tremendous task‚ Walton incorporates stories from the black and white perspective including his family‚ civil rights workers‚ authors‚ and strangers
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Association. The Children’s Book Circle‚ a society of publishers‚ present the Eleanor Farjeon Award annually in her memory. Her work is cited as an influence by famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. The plot centers round the imaginary trip of a boy‚ Anthony‚ to Alsatia. It is understood that the main character is a small boy as he
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Susan Fine wrote a book by the name of “Initiation”. This book was one that was meant to tell a story and hopefully inspire people. It was also wrote to let people know that they are not the only ones going through things. This book was based on a boy that goes by the name Mauricio Londono. He was raised in poverty and wanted a escape. In this he found a school he could attend which he thought he wishedd he had as a life‚ although when he got there it was a different story. He tried to use people
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examples‚ when a child gets lose in the street‚ and you see her crying laughly there‚ you will grow a feeling that you need to help her‚ and make she smiles instead of the cry. That is because we leaned of others and we grow our compassion as well. Susan sontag asserts that people may choose not to look‚ it means they can make the decision to ignoring something or perceived something. And then‚ Ascher contends that people can not deny the existence of the helpness as their presence grows‚ it means
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