Five of the thirteen plays we read this semester have killers who see their options limited due to the value that they place on life‚ either their lives or others’. Lisa from The Glory of Living by Rebecca Gilman‚ Mrs. Wright from Trifles by Susan Glaspell‚ Jo from Self-Defense‚ or Death of Some Salesman by Carson Kreitzer‚ Jessie from ‘night Mother by Marsha Norman‚ and Medea from Medea by Euripides all shared this common theme. However‚ they also have differences and similarities of how they value
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Susan Glaspell was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright‚ actress‚ novelist‚ and journalist. Glaspell wrote the play Trifles which tells the story two investigations being conducted over murder of John Wright. While the male characters of the play conduct an “official” investigation the female characters find themselves inadvertently conducting their own “unofficial” investigation. However this is not a run-of-the-mill murder mystery play‚ in which the focus lies solely on discovering the
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Alone- lost- in whirlwind of emotions‚ spinning out of control. I’ve done it… Done what? What have I done? Oh no. What am I gonna do? I don’t know if its relief‚ or if its guilt. They called me stupid‚ a loner‚ a nobody… It’s like a pain that hurts so deep down inside I can’t find where it starts and where it ends. Sometimes I can’t stop crying‚ and other times I can’t find any tears‚ and I just quiver with sorrow. Do I know what they say about me? Sure‚ I do. They call me a wierdo‚ an odd bod‚ who
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The book The Wright Brothers by David McCullough focus on the importance of Wilbur and Orville Wright and their invention. Wilbur Wright was the middle child of the five children in the Wright’s family. He was born on April 16‚ 1867 in Millville‚ Indiana. His mother‚ Susan Koerner Wright‚ was highly intelligent and understanding but unfortunately she passed away due to tuberculosis in 1889. She always had high hopes and dreams for Wilbur and Orville. His father‚ Bishop Milton Wright‚ was a very wise
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Guilt and Punishment Creon’s actions and judgment in the play Antigone were questionable‚ but I don’t think he deserved the punishment he received at the conclusion of the play. My philosophy of life probably influenced my decision because I believe that everyone deserves a second chance. Creon was arrogant and did not listen to anyone’s advice‚ including Tiresias‚ a prophet who has never told him a lie. However‚ in the end he realized what had happened and accepted his fate. Creon was just
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That every poem relates implicitly to a particular dramatic situation is a comment able to be accurately applied to the poetry of well-known Australian poet‚ Judith Wright. Whilst Wright’s poetry covers many different themes relating to Australian society‚ it is clear that Wright‚ in many of her poems‚ makes clear reference to certain events. These are often‚ however‚ explored in different forms‚ be it a stage of life‚ an intense experience or a critical event. This is certainly true for two of Wright’s
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There is irony in the title of the play. Trifles would mean things without importance or overlooked‚ even not needed; and yet the wife‚ the kitchen‚ the dead bird are all the most important elements of the drama. The kitchen is where the most important lines take place‚ the wife overlooked takes control‚ and the quilt and the dead bird tell the real story of the Wright home. There is irony in the focus on the activity of her hands "pleating" her apron‚ this is mentioned several times by Lewis Hale
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In Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles‚” elements such as setting‚ personality‚ and behavior are used to set the mood for this crime story. In this story‚ a woman is being accused of killing her husband‚ and what better than a play to act out such a thing. I feel that through the use of actions‚ costumes‚ and props‚ the visual elements in this play really help to bring out this murder mystery to life. In the beginning of the play‚ the scene starts out with the description of the house and its kitchen
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Glaspell’s "Trifles" Susan Glaspell’s play "Trifles" is based on a true story and was written in 1916. Glaspell’s "Trifles" demonstrates the male-dominated society and how women were overlooked and had limited rights in the 19th century through symbolism. The play took place in winter in the abandoned kitchen of John Wright. Mr. Wright is a farmer and was murdered in the middle of the night as he lay asleep. The prime suspect for the crime was John Wright’s wife‚ Minnie Wright. Although Mrs. Wright claims
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Glaspell’s work in “trifles” gives the reader an example of an antihero. With Minnie Wright as one of the main characters‚ and fulfilling some of the qualities and characteristics that Aristoteles describes as tragic hero‚ such as tragic flaw‚ noble stature and the punishment exceeds the crime. That way it can be said that she forms part of the description. As the reader keeps reading it shows Minnie’s attitude and how peculiar it turns out to be‚ shows Minnie’s tragic flaw… When Mr. Hale enters the
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