Susan Glaspell’s work in “Trifles” displays many attributes among women such as independence and freedom. I quickly noticed that Glaspell’s work is very similar to Kate Chopin’s because both of them express equality between men and women. In “Trifles” one can see how a woman’s role in the early nineteenth century meant absolutely nothing. Men like Mr. Wright‚ Mr. Hale and the Sheriff acted and talked as if they were superior to all women. Through Glaspell’s “Trifles‚” one is able to grasp the realities
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Literary Analysis of Susan Minot’s “Lust” In Susan Minot’s short story “Lust” the reader is taken through the journey of one girl’s various relationships‚ some better than others‚ watching the love fade away. The narrator talks about her first boyfriends‚ the first one she saw nude‚ the fast illegal car driving one‚ etc. She talks about college and the various experiences she had with guys there. She is starting to feel “watered down.” There is no more emotion in her relationships. She ends with
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Trifles The play Trifles by Susan Glaspell is a well written story that I enjoyed every minute reading. Susan Glaspell’s play is about a woman that killed her husband. The protagonist of the paly Trifles killed her own husband because she was facing gender inequality with her husband and also because she was feeling lonely. First of all‚ the protagonist of this play killed her own husband because he was behaving as if he was her master. He was treating her as his housemaid and he was more likely
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Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles is probably often misinterpreted by many viewers. One person made the following comment‚ "Trifles is a lousy mystery. All the action took place before the curtain went up. Almost in the beginning‚ on the third page‚ we find out who done it.’ So there isn’t really much reason to sit through the rest of the play." Trifles does center around a murder investigation‚ but the mystery is not about "who done it‚" but why it was done. Women’s lowly social status at the time
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something that does not have much value or importance (“trifle”). When one looks at the title of Susan Glaspell’s short play‚ at first they may think that it is as the title implies; unimportant or the story being told is for nothing more than entertainment. Upon further examination and consultation of critical sources‚ the reader is able to tease out a deeper meaning. The play‚ Trifles‚ written by Susan Glaspell is an intricately weaved narrative on gender roles and home life as it was in early 1900s
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advertisements and commercials almost as much as five‚ ten‚ and even twenty years ago. But of course now modern people have changed their opinions and thoughts almost on everything‚ advertisement included. And they have changed also. In "Hunger as Ideology"‚ Susan Bordo talks about her view on commercials and gives us the gender-dualities‚ which she thinks are traditional for ads. In her essay Bordo examined the historical stereotype of women; the portrayals that have arrested them‚ turning their psychological
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When comparing the descriptive technique of Susan Sontag’s On Photography book between ALL MY LIFE FOR SALE by John D. Freyer and eBay‚ we will find that Mr. Freyer demonstrated a merely subjective description that was mentored solely by his own point of view. The assumption that “every photographer should read this book” in the beginning of his description‚ and asserting this assumption later by using an overstated sentence like: “Even the mom and pop photographers”‚ and further emphasizing by generalizing
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Trifles (1916) by Susan Glaspell The central action in the play “Trifles” is the murder of Mr. Wright. While the men search the house for clues to prove that Mrs. Wright was the culprit‚ the women start taking notice of the drab condition of their surroundings in the kitchen. As the men pass through during their investigation they stop momentarily to fling sexist comments toward the women. For example: “Well‚ women are used to worrying over trifles”‚ which ties directly into the origin of the play’s
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The Coldness of Ashes Susan Pfeffer’s story “Ashes” teaches a lesson about how trust is decided on past‚ not relationships. Ashleigh‚ “Ashes”‚ with divorced parents‚ talks about how when she is with her dad‚ the sun shines just a little bit brighter‚ but according to her mother‚ he is just an “irresponsible bum”. Ashes was a nickname her father gave her‚ which her mother hates. Ashes‚ says that her father hardly ever keeps a promise‚ such as when she was a kid‚ he told her that the stars were
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around the world suffers from low self-esteem and low self-confidence that could lead to depression‚ which we all know have endless serious repercussions. It’s a domino effect. What you do to others‚ others do unto another. “Lust”‚ a short story by Susan Minot‚ tackles certain cancers of the society that are passed on to the new generation including the question of self worth‚ the still existing misogynistic views of people‚ and the issue on double standards. “Lust” begins with a narrator whose characterization
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