James Craig 28 September 2014 Trifles “There’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm” (1389)‚ Mrs. Hale stiffly replies to the Court Attorney’s trite comment about the untidy appearance of Mrs. Wright’s house. Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell‚ was a play written for the Cape Cod Provincetown Players in 1916. Glaspell exposes sexism during this time period. Her play would later become the benchmark of the feminist movement and give her a reputation as a writer sensitive to these issues. Glaspell
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possess such a key is to tumble like Alice down her rabbit hole. She didn’t choose to go to Wonderland- but she made of it an adventure that was fresh and fantastic and very much her own” (Cain 266). When tying the arguments from her novel together‚ Susan Cain talks about the power given to introverts‚ and what amazing things can happen when they choose to embrace that power. Cain published Quiet in order to explain the role of introverts in society. She emphasizes that her book is directed to all members
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Discussion #9 Summary In the article Distorted Images: Western Cultures are Exporting Their Dangerous Obsession with Thinness‚ author Susan McClelland addresses the negative effect that western culture‚ especially western media‚ has had upon women in other parts of the world and how it relates to body image‚ thinness‚ racial features and even skin color. She interviewed several women who felt pressure to change their appearance to fit into the portrayed standards of Americanized beauty; white and
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Elizabeth Nolan November 24‚ 2012 English essay Favorite Play “Trifles”‚ a play by Susan Gaspell‚ is a story of women banding together to protect one another in a male dominated society. The play is titled “Trifles” because women’s concerns were often considered mere trifles‚ and not worth the thought and time of men. The use of theme‚ symbolism‚ and irony are the reasons why this play is so appealing‚ especially to women. “Trifles” contains themes of female identity
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In the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell‚ the characters are at the house of the Wrights‚ investigating the murder of Mr. Wright. His wife Mrs. Wright says she slept through the whole thing. The men are looking for her motive to have killed him since they already have her in custody. The women are gathering things to take to her in jail. The men are walking through and criticizing her kitchen and housekeeping‚ the ladies did not like that one bit. They know something had to be wrong for her kitchen
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In current society parents’ actions affect their children. Being divorces‚ fights‚ or their struggles all these and more affect their kids. These taken scenarios affect the minds and emotions of kids. In “Ashes” a story by Susan Beth Pfeffer‚ the main character Ashes or Ashleigh faces her parents divorced‚ and given her parents’ actions take a toll on her feelings. After evaluating Susan’s character Ashes‚ her emotion‚ personality and conflicts it reveals the theme parents affect their children.
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1 )Audience: From reading this sort excerpt from "Quiet"‚ what inferences can you make about the intended audience of the book? I believe that Susan Cain intended to reach a certain audience‚ that audience would be individuals who assume that extroverts are consider the new "norm". In reality introverts make equal to or more so of an impact in our community‚ or environment. Cain then proceeds to inform her audience of profound accomplishments from well known introverts. 2)Purpose: Can you determine
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Brenda Adan February 27‚ 2017 1st Hour The Importance of Socialization Susan Wiley was born in California in 1957. Later in life she would be known as Genie‚ the feral child. Her story consists of neglect‚ abuse‚ and social isolation. Genie at three months had a hip dislocation so she had to wear a Frejka splint. Due to this splint Genie began to walk at a late age and most researchers thought that this led her father to believe that she was mentally retarded. At fourteen months Genie came down
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been documenting everything over years throughout history. A practice that is often debated and discussed about the relationship of the action and photograph itself. In the chapter entitled In Plato’s Cave from her book On Photography‚ photo theorist Susan Sontag refers to various photographs and photographers and analyzes the wider questions that individuals should be discussing in regards to the medium. Exploring her thesis as she states that “a photograph is not just the result of an encounter between
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With the touch of a single click a picture is taken and forever revitalized. Photography takes the essence of memory and seals it into the history of those involved in the process. Susan Sontag’s didactic text “On Photography” digs deep into the meaning of photography and claims that it has unlimited power within modern society. Her exclamation that “cameras are fantasy-machines” exerts the idea that photography brings the world closer together‚ yet seems so distant as if it were all but an illusion
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