John Greer Colorado Technical University Online LITR240-1302B-02: Literature: A Mirror of Life Phase 1 IP: “Love in L.A.” and “A Good Man is hard to find” Professor: Jordine Logan May 27‚ 2013 “Love in L.A.” (Short Story) The setting of the story “Love in L.A.” takes place on the freeway of Los Angeles. The main character‚ Jake‚ is an immature‚ arrogant‚ irresponsible protagonist that is carelessly driving and daydreaming without a care in the world. Amidst the gridlock of traffic‚ he
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Trifles and the story of an Hour are both stories with a feminist view. The theme in “Trifles” and “The Story of an Hour” has one prominent similarity concerning marriage that shapes the flow of story: from a feminist approach‚ we see that the women of both stories lose their individual identity as a result of male domination in the bond. In “The Story of an Hour”‚ Mrs. Mallard rejoices her chance to regain her long-lost individuality again after hearing of her husband’s death: “They
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Throughout history it is shown that women have been looked down upon by men. They have been considered inferior to the opposite sex and even as a form of property. “Trifles” take place in 1916 where the rights of women are yet to be stated a place that is ruled by the paterfamilias‚ the men. Only men knew what was right‚ only men knew what was best for their families. Men criticized women a lot and made fun of them. Men do not understand the difficulty of these duties and the hard working hours that
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Essay on Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles“ How does Susan Glaspell show and criticize women’s status of that time in “Trifles”. “Trifles” is a very significant play that criticizes the society of America in the 19th and 20th century. The main topic is the relation of the society towards women. Susan Glaspell uses a lot of symbols to emphasize the critique of this relation. In this essay I will focus on the kitchen and on the bird. I find these symbols to be very important for the understanding of Minni
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Film Adaptation Analysis of Trifles Susan Glaspell’s Trifles is a play about a murder mystery that is loosely based on an actual murder case that the author covered while working as a reporter for the Des Moines Daily News (Ben-Zvi 143). Since the play is written in 1916‚ a time when the boundaries between the private and public spheres are beginning to break down‚ it strongly reflects on the culture-bound notions of sex roles and gender. Back then‚ women are thought to be concerned about insignificant
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on the play “Triffles” Triffles is a play that I had to read and analyze multiple times. When I first received the assignment I googled a short synopsis of the play. After reading a short overview of the play. It took a few days to myself before reading the play. However by this time I had gained additional background information on the play. For instance‚ this play is roughly based upon the authentic murder investigation of John Hossack‚ who was likewise killed by his dismal spouse. Susan Glaspell
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it and women attempted to hide the truth from the men because of various reasons. There are two main female characters in Trifles. Mrs. Peters‚ the wife of the detective and Mrs. Hale. They are neighbor and when they go and collect something from Mrs. Peters’ house they discover the dead body of Mr. Wright. While the whole cast of characters will have their lines in the play‚ the Wrights would be only explained through lines but no actual role. The story goes while they discovered the dead body in
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Minnie Fisher Cunningham was born on March 18‚1882 to Horatio and Sallie Fisher in New Waverly‚TX. To be an educated‚politically minded young women she received her state teaching certificate when she was 16‚but instead of pursuing her teaching career she followed the path of medicine and studied at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.After she graduated‚ her pharmacy career started‚but during her work period she realized that her pay was less than half of what her male coworkers
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SETTING AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE: Trifles takes place in an agricultural area in the American Midwest. The name of the county the play is set in is Dickson County. The time that Trifles is set in is the late 1800’s. The setting heavily influences the characters in the play. Their diction is typical of that area and time period. It is possible to judge that the characters do not have extensive educations based on the area they were brought up in. This is because in agricultural areas children have
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While viewing the play‚ Trifles‚ and reading the play‚ one may notice there are some vast differences in the two. The characteristics stay about the same for the characters that are being analyzed in both the story and the play. Through a diligent analysis of Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Hale one may see that‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters cover up the evidence of how Mr. Wright dies. They stand up for Mrs. Wright because they have some suspicion that Mrs. Wright was being abused by Mr. Wright. In the beginning
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