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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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    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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    Trifles‚ written by Susan Glaspell‚ presents many overarching themes and ideas throughout the course of the play. These themes are shown through symbols that add to the overall depth of the story. There are many themes and symbols that play important roles in the story; however‚ there is one prominent theme and one protuberant symbol that seems to dominate the entirety of the Susan Glaspell‚ author of “Trifles‚” maximizes the use of the setting by incorporating the complex elements of the physical

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    Trifles Susan Glaspell wrote her one act play to show women of all ages that women can too thrive to be more than just some one who does all of the household chores and takes care of their husband and children. The Stage directions of the play are a large role in affecting the mood of the play. The stage directions are a crucial component of a play. The court attorney believes just the opposite of what Susan Glaspell is trying to exude. He believes that women should always be neat‚ quiet‚ clean

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    apparent in Trifles by Susan Glaspell‚ where symbolism is vital to telling her story. Without thought one can deduce that the canary is a primary focus of the symbolism in the story however the empty cage is equally if not more important to the thought process of Mrs. Wright Lets not forget the condition of her kitchen and Mrs. Wrights concern of her preserves. During the turn of the 19th century‚ the role and importance of women was quite different then is today. Susan Glaspell makes the

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    Did you know that there are two stories written by Susan Glaspell that are exactly the same? Susan Glaspell wrote two stories “ Trifles” and “Jury of her Peers”. Both stories are written with the same exact message but put into two different point of views. They are the same because the message for both is the same .Now of course the two stories have similarities but they also have differences. In the story “Trifles” and “Jury of her Peers” both present the same message but the way each story is

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    a better understanding on how to handle the situation. Although both texts tell the same story‚ they share different point of views. The text Trifles talks in 3rd person objective. Meaning we do not know the thoughts of the characters. In the text Mrs. Hale mentions to Mr. Hale “Let’s talk about that later Mr Hale‚ I do not want to talk about that”(Trifles). This implies that she could’ve felt as if the subject was inappropriate to talk about at the time. The text also involves stage directions

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    look at the two stories “A jury of her peers” and “Trifles” you would notice that they look and sound really similar. By saying that I mean the two stories have a lot in common but are very different at the same time. The two stories are similar because they have the same setting and also the same characters and that’s what makes them similar. The stories are different because of the point of view and the genre. Between the two stories “A jury of her peers” and “Trifles” they have a lot of similarities

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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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    Trifles by Susan Glaspell Literary devices used in the ‘ Trifles’ Symbolism - to express meaning indirectly. Example: An undone quilt Though the women are laughed at when they are discussing if Mrs Wright is going to quilt it or knot it‚ this really shows the reader what marriages were like at the beginning of the 1900s. Men see women as tedious and uninterested in the affairs of "important matters concerning men only"‚ and the fact that the women are the ones who found the actual evidence

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