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    Susan Glaspell’s writings “Trifles” and “A Jury of Her Peers’ are two pieces of literature that tell the tale of two women at a crime scene. With the exception of one scene‚ the two works are nearly identical in terms of story. Glaspell’s decision to write the story as both a play and a short story gives us a unique opportunity‚ the chance to view the story from a multitude of viewpoints. The play gives no clear protagonist‚ yet because of the nature of short stories Mrs. Hale is thrust into the

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    Susan Sontag

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    Susan Sontag an author Regarding The Pain of Others and of four novels‚ and seven non-fiction books. States that "Photographs tend to transform‚ whatever their subject; and as an image something may be beautiful - or terrifying‚ or unbearable‚ or quite bearable - as it is not real life." These words spoken by Susan Sontag explain almost every aspect that goes into evaluating a photograph. For instance a picture

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    A director is the heart of a play production. He is responsible for the interpretation of a script – the enlivening of the play. The very first thing to do for any director who wants to choose Trifles by Susan Glaspell‚ one of the earliest feminist dramas‚ for a stage production‚ is to analyze it. Doing so not only enables the director to fully comprehend the characters‚ the structure‚ the setting of the play‚ but also empowers him to instruct the actors during the audition‚ as well as the rehearsals

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    Trifles Feminist Analysis

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    In the play‚ “Trifles‚” Susan Glaspell demonstrates the inequality that occurs between men and women during the 20th century. From the opening scene‚ the two women are not given much attention unlike the men‚ until they are separated from them and become the main characters. Although the women are seen as inferior to men‚ they prove that they are much more capable as they are the ones who solve the case by thinking outside the box. They find the real motive behind Mrs. Wright’s action and are able

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    Susan Sontag

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    ‘To live is to be photographed’ (Sontag‚ 2004). Does photography have a special role in the mediation of our lives‚ and how‚ according to Sontag‚ is this role changing? INTRODUCTION Attempting to comprehend the role of photography in the mediation of our lives would have to account‚ apart from historical evidence‚ an understanding of the importance and the necessity of the photograph in every day life. In a society that is constantly bombarded by images from different mediums

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    Denmark who is grieving after the loss of his father‚ King Hamlet. The ghost of his father visits young Hamlet and orders him to seek revenge on his uncle Claudius‚ the man who seized his throne and married his widowed wife. Trifles‚ a play by Susan Glaspell written in 1916‚ is a play about the search for evidence of the murder of Mr. Wright. The entire play takes place in the Wright’s kitchen in which two women‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover that the murderer was none other than his wife Minnie

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    You’re Breaking Free A symbol in Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles that really stands out to me is the bird cage. The drama Trifles is about Mrs. Wright who kills her husband and an investigation conducted by the sheriff‚ county attorney‚ and their wives Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Pete. The bird cage symbolizes her marriage which is like a cell or a jail that Mr. Wright is keeping her in. We see Mrs. Wright as a happy person who: “. . . used to wear pretty clothes and be lively‚ when she was Minnie Foster‚ one

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    The Canary

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    The Canary In Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” there is a lot of symbolism of the pet canary to Minnie Foster. The life of the canary symbolizes Mrs. Wright previous life as Minnie Foster. The town’s people knew Minnie Foster as a lively‚ free woman‚ and according to Mrs. Hale‚ “Minnie was kind of like a bird herself- real sweet and pretty.” (Glasphell‚ 923) Minnie Foster use to sing and be happy‚ like a canary. Once Minnie married John Wright her canary like spirit died. Mrs. Wright was the complete

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    history. The unrevealed crimes were hidden from the government whether or not they were justified. Although the government plays a huge role in determining certain actions as crimes‚ one’s conscience is the real determining factor. In “The Trifles” by Susan Glasbell and “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen‚ both of the main characters commit crimes that they feel are justified. Mrs. Wright is accused of killing her husband in the play and justified by her neighbors for suffering through her emotionally abusive

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    Gender Roles In Triffees

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    Susan Glaspel’s drama‚ Trifles‚ critically portrays gender roles and relations in early 20th Century rural America. Its female characters‚ Mrs. Hale‚ Mrs. Peters‚ and the unseen Mrs. Wright all exemplify this gender portrayal through their experiences and actions. Glaspel’s portrayal is one of women being confined by society‚ but also rebelling against and breaking out of this confinement. Mrs. Wright was confined by her lonesome house and hard husband‚ as well as the expectations that society had for

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