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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Anatoly Kukharets Interpretive Response #1 Family or Fortune This story to me is about two sisters‚ one who is loyal but broken‚ and the other that is carefree and haughty. They each wanted the quilts that their mother was to hand down to them. Quilts that were sewn together by their grandma‚ and were a literary symbol. They were to be handed down to the next generation family member‚ to carry on the hardworking and resilient character that they stood for. Dee was the haughty sister. She felt
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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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heroin to an undercover cop and sentenced to 10-20 years in a Michigan prison. She escaped from prison eight months later and started a new life in California as Marie Walsh. She kept a low profile for 32 years‚ trying to escape her past life as Susan LeFevre. She raised three children with her husband of 23 years‚ Alan‚ who never knew she was using an assumed identity. (Morin‚ K. 2011) (Mail Online‚ 2011) In March 2008‚ authorities received an anonymous online tip that Walsh was living in suburban
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