Trifles Analysis

    Trifles Analysis   As Susan Glaspell’s Trifles is drawin" rel="nofollow">ing to a close, and the men are preparin" rel="nofollow">ing to leave the murder scene, when the County Attorney is asked if he wants to see what Mrs. Peters is goin" rel="nofollow">ing to take in" rel="nofollow">in to Mrs. Wright, he responds “Oh, I guess they’re not very dangerous thin" rel="nofollow">ings the ladies have picked out.” What the men do not know is that the women have pieced together the motive for the murder, and by silent agreement have made themselves Mrs. Wright’s jury and acquitted her of wrongdoin" rel="nofollow">ing by hidin" rel="nofollow">ing the evidence. In your graded writin" rel="nofollow">ing assignment, you are asked to describe whether or not justice has been served, examin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing closely and determin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing what you thin" rel="nofollow">ink is the main" rel="nofollow">in theme of Glaspell’s play, and illustratin" rel="nofollow">ing your thesis with supportin" rel="nofollow">ing evidence from the play. Drawin" rel="nofollow">ing upon the time and settin" rel="nofollow">ing for Glaspell’s 1916 dramatic one-act play, Trifles, examin" rel="nofollow">ine the social, cultural and/or political situation as presented in" rel="nofollow">in the play, and the actions of the men and women in" rel="nofollow">in the play. Reviewin" rel="nofollow">ing the actions and evidence provided by the play, you are asked to judge whether or not by the play’s end if justice of some kin" rel="nofollow">ind has been served and whose justice. You can use the characters in" rel="nofollow">in the play as your sources, quotin" rel="nofollow">ing the words of the women and/or the men, for example, as further evidence to illustrate your thesis, which should reflect the main" rel="nofollow">in theme you see emergin" rel="nofollow">ing from Trifles. This short writin" rel="nofollow">ing assignment should be no fewer than 500 words in" rel="nofollow">in length, and should in" rel="nofollow">include no fewer than three (3) quotes from the play to illustrate and support your poin" rel="nofollow">ints. Do not provide plot summary unless it is necessary to make a poin" rel="nofollow">int that supports your thesis.