the same way‚ and often time’s‚ men consider themselves as superior to women because of their way of thinking. In “Jury of Her Peers”‚ the men‚ Mr. Peters‚ Mr. Hale‚ and Dr. Lloyd‚ are trying to solve the murder case and leave the women to their “trifles” in the kitchen while they work on the case. The men in the story seem to think that they are the only ones who are smart enough to solve the case or to know what evidence is‚ and in the end it is this misconception that allows the women to hide the
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was based on a authors one act play “Trifles”. “Trifles” was written in 1916 by Susan Glaspell. Glaspell wrote the play after an experience she had while working for a Des Moines newspaper. The significance of the title of the play‚ “A Jury of Her Peers” is fitting because it is about a woman that is going to be judged for the murder of her husband by her peers. How her life was with him was going to give her motive for her actions. The play‚ titled “Trifles”‚ written by Glaspell is also significant
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Throughout history woman’s roles have changed. They began to be doing a lot more political aspects like men and they are able to follow their own ideas and have more power to do so. The short stories “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “Trifles” by Susan Gaspel are good examples on how woman roles have changed throughout history and through literature. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is about a woman with a nervous disorder and everyone be littler her because they think she needs it to help with
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LAW‚ JUSTICE‚ AND FEMALE REVENGE IN "KERFOL"‚ BY EDITH WHARTON‚ AND TRIFLES AND "A JURY OF HER PEERS"‚ BY SUSAN GLASPELL Janet Stobbs Wright Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU (Elche) In 1916‚ Edith Wharton and Susan Glaspell coincided in each telling the story of a different fictional murderess. Although both works are written within different genres‚ there are striking similarities between the situations of these women who murdered their husbands. Even more arresting is the choice of the plot
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Moral Decisions It is so easy to set back and judge others for their decisions but if the one judging puts their self in the other person’s situation it is not so easy to say what they would really do. In the two plays Antigone and Trifles‚ there are two characters‚ Antigone and Mrs. Peters‚ which are prominent due to their decision-making process. In these two plays‚ both Antigone and Mrs. Peters make very important decisions based on what is right or wrong. Their decisions are life-changing‚
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decay‚ or pass away gradually‚ but love do devour a person. It can consume them and take over all aspects of the mind and the heart. In the second stanza‚ it reads that “Ah‚ what trifle is a heart‚ (9) if once into love’s hand it come!” (10). Being that trifle has the meaning of little importance or value. Trifle is a metaphoric symbol showing that the heart is of little value when dealing with feelings of love. It doesn’t mean much for love to have the heart as a whole if only “once” it’s taken
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being concerned with "trifles"‚ which is the women ’s things. But‚ in point of fact‚ it ’s amongst these "trifles" that proof of Mrs. Wright ’s innocence or guilt lie. Perhaps number one is the relationship between gender and power in American culture‚ though definitely in the early 20th century. Our generation today would not let things like this happen. Each person has his or her own right. The principal idea is to see that the women‚ thought to be dealing with only trifles‚ saw the little things
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might even go as far to say that more thought is put in to the title versus the story. While story titles are important play titles are even more important it must draw people in to the theater to watch. Two play titles that are very intriguing are Trifles and a Doll House‚ because of how they show a small part of the story in just a few words. A Doll House is a play written by Henrik Ibsen and was performed at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen‚ Denmark‚ on 21 December 1879. A Doll House is a play about
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living at that time because they had a specific role to live up to‚ and that role was being housewives to the men. The early 20th Century was a male dominated society. Glaspell uses character names‚ Irony in the title‚ and symbolism in the play‚ “Trifles” to reveal the roles in which women play‚ and the harm it brings to women and also men in the early 20th Century. In the play‚ there are two characters that are never seen‚ Mr. and Mrs. Wright. Mr. Wright plays off the social stereotype that women
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oppressed‚ perhaps the most daunting has been the most silently tyrannical. Women have spent ages proving their obvious intellectual‚ cognitive‚ and social equality to the male population‚ especially to the men in their lives. In “A Doll House” and “Trifles‚” Henrik Ibsen and Susan Glaspell illustrate how men not only underestimate their wives‚ but also drive them to hide their true thoughts‚ act in secrecy‚ and ultimately take formidable‚ yet understandable measures of overcompensation. They do so
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