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    The story “A Jury of Her Peers” was first published in 1917 and was based on a authors one act play “Trifles”. “Trifles” was written in 1916 by Susan Glaspell. Glaspell wrote the play after an experience she had while working for a Des Moines newspaper. The significance of the title of the play‚ “A Jury of Her Peers” is fitting because it is about a woman that is going to be judged for the murder of her husband by her peers. How her life was with him was going to give her motive for her actions

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    LITERATURE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 1 LITERATURE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 2 Describing or defining something as complex as literature we should look at it from each angle‚ or better yet as if it was under a microscope. It is always easier to understand something by seeing what makes up the sum of its parts. By taking the themes‚ settings and tone

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    always the case. Women were once not able to do something as simple as voting. They were given positions of lesser status in their personal‚ and professional lives. So from that oppression rose two works of literature which are Trifles (written by Susan Glaspell) and The Story of an Hour (written by Kate Chopin). I chose to compare The Story of an Hour with Trifles because The Story of an Hour had an interesting twist and I could see that deep‚ intricate thought was put into it. This research paper

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    In the 1960’s many things were going on. Although Charles Manson and his cult were committing crimes before the 60’s‚ this is when the most infamous murder occurred. Manson’s cult‚ The Family‚ murdered actress Sharon Tate‚ who was nearly nine months pregnant‚ and her four friends. Though‚ Manson wasn’t personally there when the crime happened‚ he sent them to do it. He even told them to make it as gruesome as possible. They stabbed each victim multiple times and wrote sayings on the wall in their

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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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    Setting If you haven’t read the play before then I suggest reading it before reading this summary on the symbolism of the play‚ otherwise you may not understand a word I’m typing. This is not an indepth summary of the play‚ enjoy! Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles is about two women discovering the real reason why Mrs. Wright killed her husband‚ they discovered it by just worrying over what the men called trifles. Mrs. Wright lived a lonely life‚ she was isolated and depressed. Her husband‚ who

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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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    “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell observes the different reactions characters have due to a murder case. Each of the characters emotions are captivated within the dialog and fundamentally an understanding of the state of mind that lies beneath the scene. The play explains the psyche of the suspect who feels justified due to their past experiences‚ the sympathy shown from a friend who wasn’t always there‚ the difference in thought process amongst genders‚ and the empathetic struggle between law and justice

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    of 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

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    1. “Why Don’t We Complain” Question 2 Employing simple anecdotes‚ William F. Buckley argues in his essay “Why Don’t We Complain”‚ that as people continue to ignore rudimentary issues‚ their passivity is transferring into political indifference. Buckley begins with a simple story of how “train temperatures in the dead of the winter… climb up to 85 degrees without complaint” and how “For generations‚ Americans who were too hot‚ or too cold‚ got up and did something about it”. Although there were many

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