1.Read the play:
Read the one-act play script “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, at least twice. Reading aloud helps a lot.
2.Preliminary Background Research/analysis:
Do necessary background research/analysis on the "world of the play.” The “world” refers to everything pertaining to the “who-what-where-when-how” of this play script:
The playwright – Susan Glaspell – who is she & why/when did she write the play?
The play’s Time Period – when does the play take place? How can you tell?
The Places/Setting(s) where the play takes place – Whose house? what town, state, country is the play set in? Where do these fictional characters live?
The “world of the play” also includes background research on the Social world (societal beliefs/traditions), the Political world (wars, politics, laws), & the Economic world surrounding the play and characters.
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