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    In the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell it was a very interesting and suspenseful play. This play is about a women being accused of killing her husband. The play takes place around the 1916 where they try to find out who killed Mrs. Wright husband John Wright. Hale‚ starts telling what happen that day when he went to the Wrights home. That afternoon Hale was going to ask John if he wanted to go put up a telephone. When Hale starts to explain the situation to the sheriff and the county general in

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    Karen Alkalay-Gut‚ in "Jury of Her Peers: The Importance of Trifles‚" also finds the gulf between male and female perceptions of judgment to be central to the play. Alkalay-Gut believes that the unfolding evidence not only unites the women‚ but highlights the division between "woman’s concept of justice‚" which entails "social" and "individual influences‚ together with the details that shaped the specific act‚" and "[t]he prevailing law [which] is general‚ and therefore . . . inapplicable to the

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    Within both stories those pillars become challenged through this foil’s actions. Her foil being a man whose sole intent is to marry/date Katherine‚ this man’s name is Petruchio/Patrick in Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You respectively. With this first meeting the beginning of the end takes effect as the character of Petruchio/Patrick

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    Susan Glaspell's Trifles

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    The Webster’s Dictionary definition of trifle is: 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

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    The Treatment of Women in Trifles "Trifles‚" a one-act play written by Susan Glaspell‚ is a cleverly written story about a murder and more importantly‚ it effectively describes the treatment of women during the early 1900s. In the opening scene‚ we learn a great deal of information about the people of the play and of their opinions. We know that there are five main characters‚ three men and two women. The weather outside is frighteningly cold‚ and yet the men enter the warm farmhouse first

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    A Critical Review of Trifles by the girl of rain Introduction Susan Glaspell is a playwright and novelist who was affected in her works by her background and her era. During her job as a journalist for the daily news she reported a murder of a farmer whose wife was accused of killing him‚ so it influenced her to write Ajury of Her Peer (1917)‚ a short-story‚ and the one-act-play Trifles (1916). Susan was strongly feminist‚ so in her play Trifle‚ she defends her gender and shows the women

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    Susan Glaspells Trifles

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    Trifles Sharen Dever South University Online Susan Glaspell’s play‚ Trifles‚ explores the fact that women pay attention to the little things that may lead to the solution of a bigger problem. Why do women pay attention to the little things? Could it be because the attention to detail is the starting point to solving the bigger problem? Let’s think of the ‘little things’ like pieces of a puzzle. When all the little pieces are put together‚ they usually form a picture; therefore you

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    Susan Glaspell's Trifles

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    Trifles’- An interesting play written by Susan Glaspell in 1916‚ is a play dealing with mystery and murder‚ revenge and deceit‚ and is full of irony from beginning to end. Seven characters form the cast‚ although 2 are non-active and will not be viewed; only spoken of. The County Attorney is a young man who seems for the most part to have a solid interest in his work. Although the County Attorney has a professional demeanor‚ he still joins in and laughs at the comments that the Sheriff direct towards

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    Trifles Response Paper

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    Trifles Response Paper Sherlock Holmes‚ one of the greatest detectives known to literacy‚ always uses nearly trivial information to help him solve tricky cases. Comparably‚ Sherlock’s coveted talent for detecting the essential components is actually a natural trait of females. The use of irony and symbolism in Trifles by Susan Glaspell‚ exposes how men belittle women and their knack for finding out intricate facts in the 19th century despite how useful a woman’s unique ability to pick out minuscule

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    (Holstein). Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” is a sensitive psychological portrait of society where women’s struggle to connect with each other impedes their ability to achieve equal social footing with men (Kastleman). The protagonists are bound together through empathy that they have to keep at bay during the investigation but yet also calls attention to the gaps in understanding and equality that persist for women today (Kastleman). The title of Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” is used in different concepts

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