Mr. Hrabowski began his keynote speech by telling the audience about when he was a young boy and his parents insisted that he go to a church service where a guest pastor was speaking. This guest pastor emphasized the need for the children to participate in a peaceful protest going on‚ proclaiming‚ “If the children participate in this peaceful march‚ America will know even our babies know the difference between right and wrong” (M. King). It was soon revealed that this guest pastor was Martin Luther
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The play “Trifles” written by Susan Glaspell contains many literary elements that support the theme of the play. There are many themes discussed in this one act play. Some of these themes include: patriarchal dominance and male chauvinism‚ law and duty‚ and justice. The main theme‚ although there are many‚ is patriarchal dominance‚ meaning that men believe that they are above women in all circumstances. This mindset is very common among the men in this play; the men infer that the women are not capable
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Cindy Chacon 3CP English Mrs. Hagan 10-25-10 Torn What happens when a person’s places his whole-hearted trust in someone he has been completely wrong about? A good example of this‚ in Arthur Miller’s four-act play The Crucible‚ happens when Reverend John Hale finds himself in a community entwined with lies‚ deceit‚ and betrayal. The play starts out in Salem‚ Massachusetts when a group of girls are discovered dancing in the woods at night. The girls’ actions lead the local town’s people
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Trifles teach that perception can mislead one to erroneous thinking and give false a sense of what’s actually factual. As the play opens up you immediately realize that the men (county attorney‚ sheriff‚ and farmer) are making a business trip to figure out how Mrs. Henderson killed her husband‚ while the women (spouses of the sheriff and farmer) on the other hand tagged along to help a friend by gathering a few items that will comfort her during her imprisonment. The women actually felt as if they
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In the play Trifles I believe it has many significant points that make this story stand out and resemble many stories we here about in today’s society. We begin by having two women by the names of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters and then the two government officials who were all at the dead man Mr. John Wright’s house examining the crime scene the murder that had just taken place at. The sheriff and attorney are set from the very beginning that Mrs. Wright was the murderer and base their whole case around
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given passage from Trifles‚ it contributes to characterization and plot in multiple ways‚ making for a better piece of literary work. By using diction in this passage the writer was able to portray the characters very well due to the images of the characters that are clearly formed in the readers’ minds. Through diction and characterization we are able to get too know Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters and realize that they are two very different individuals. We can see that Mrs. Hale is much more laid back
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One of these characters was Reverend Hale of Beverly. As Hale came into Salem‚ his goal was to preserve goodness. He knew that his work was admired and respected by the common people and he was proud of this. He was confident that he would do his duty in Salem. Yet the more time Hale spent there‚ the more he changed his opinion on the situation. As the story progressed‚ Hale’s attitude changed from confidence to concern to outrage‚ and finally‚ to guilt. When Hale came to Salem‚ "to ascertain witchcraft
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Trifles Symbolism For centuries people have been writing dramas‚ but witnessing the drama of a story is a different kind of experience. There are many elements that make up dramas‚ including sets/setting‚ plot‚ conflict‚ symbolism‚ point of view‚ irony etc. Symbolism is something that can be hard to look for in a drama. A symbol is something that represents more than itself. In a drama props‚ clothing‚ or sets could all be used as symbols. When symbolism is added to a play it becomes more sophisticated
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of the work out in society. In a play called‚ Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell‚ which was written and took place in 1916‚ two women by the names of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters lived in a small town where a murder had just occurred. While the county attorney and the sheriff try and look for clues around the house and try to figure out who to suspect‚ the two women figure out the case on their own. With their suspicions towards the wife of the man
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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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