“The Century Quilt” by Marilyn Nelson Waniek shows to oneself that they can be connected through past and future in ways you can only feel. The narrator feels a personal bond to this blanket and the memories it brings back. In this poem‚ a simple quilt is used as a nexus‚ linking the narrator to her past and what will one day come. Through using time shifts and warm‚ peaceful tones‚ the speaker’s intricate values of the quilt is demonstrated. Poems are often divided into stanzas‚ this one divided
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Uncontrolled Emotions and Their Consequences The plays Trifles by Susan Glaspell and Oedipus the King by Sophocles illustrate how uncontrolled emotions‚ such as fear‚ anger‚ embarrassment and can lead to bad consequences‚ including impulsive actions‚ destroying lives‚ and ultimately death. When reading these plays‚ the reader sees how detrimental negative emotions can be when it comes to the well-being of themselves and others that are in their lives. Not only can the lack of control of these emotions
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“Trifles” Literary Response and Analysis Questions Directions: Read the questions carefully. Respond to each thoroughly‚ insightfully and correctly in complete sentences. Answers are worth two points each. 1. What attitudes toward women do the Sheriff and the County Attorney express? How do Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters react to these statements? 2. Why does the County Attorney care so much about discovering a motive for the killing? 3. What does Glaspell show
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Trifles and “A Jury of Her Peers” are both pieces of literature written by Susan Glaspell. They detail they events which occurred in a house after a man died there. This causes them to be quite similar. However the two works are not completely the same. One is a play and this lends it to being written differently than the other which is a short story. While these two writings are similar in some ways‚ they are quite different in others. The two stories are very different in a number of ways
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When I read “ A Quilt of a Country” and “ The Immigrant Contribution”‚ it opened my eyes to a new point of view on immigrants in the U.S. and all the good things they have done. If we didn’t have immigrants we wouldn’t be the same nation as we are now. Immigrants are the true creators of the U.S. Oscar Handlin has said‚” Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.”(Kennedy pg.23) Everyone in the US are or
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Object Analysis: Crazy Patchwork Quilt This essay will discuss the object analysis of a crazy patchwork quilt and why this object may be Considered a craft instead of art. The object is a king Size crazy patchwork quilt trimmed In black velvet with various earthy ‚ blue‚ purple and black tones and Hand sewn embellishments such as beading‚ ribbon and satin flowers. The patchwork and trim have been machine sewn for higher durability. The style highly differs from traditional quilting as the
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culture always influences the way they see the world and others. The Literary texts “My mother pieced quilts” by Teresa Paloma Acosto‚ the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker and the letter “An Indian Fathers Plea” by Robert Lee. Each of these Literary Works show how a person’s culture is always effects the way a person looks at the world or other people. The poem “My Mother Pieced Quilts” by Teresa Paloma Acosto was a literary work that showed that peoples culture always effects the way
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Tiara Mitchell English 11 BXN 9/20/2013 Question 2: Write an essay comparing the views of marriage in Trifles and Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour’ (p 16). The theme in “Story of an hour” by Kate Chopin and Trifles by Susan Glaspell is marriage. Both stories are similar in that both Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Mallard lose their individual identity as a result of male domination. While Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Mallard show this similarity they are different in how they feel about their
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view.In the one act play Triles written by Susan Glaspell and the short story “ A Jury of Her Peers” the Literature element ‚point of view comes into play with each piece.While both Trifles and “A Jury of Her Peers” have different points of view their events and theme are fairly similar.However the point of view still effects each of the pieces. Although Trifles and “A Jury of Her Peers” are different genres the events are the same . Because Trifles is a play the events are told in a different
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religion‚ cultures‚ backgrounds and sexual orientation in America. In Anna Quindlen’s “A Quilt of a Country” she explains how people view America. She writes that being an American is an idea that works despite that fact that it should not due to the diversity that exist in the country. Quindlen informs the reader that America was uniquely built on no particular culture or race. She compares America to a quilt which is made up of various patterns‚ styles‚ designs‚ fabrics‚ and colors with each individual
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