Susan Orlean

Short Essay 3: Trifles The play Trifles written by Susan Glasspell depicts the classic contrast of how men and women think. This play was written in a time when society was still very patriarchal, the setting of rural farmland only adding emphasis. A man is murdered with he only suspect being his own wife although with no known motive. The motive, however, may have been discovered had the men been less dismissive of what the women thought. There are three men, who seem to be in agreement that women

In the one-act play, Trifles, by Susan Glaspell, John Wright has been strangled to death with a rope while sleeping in his isolated farmhouse and the main suspect is his wife, Minnie. The County Attorney, Sheriff Peters and Mr. Hale look through the house for clues to find the motive for the murder, but the real detectives turn out to be Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. Throughout the play, the men make fun of the women for worrying about trivial household items, like Mrs. Wright’s unfinished quilt, but

3. The theme that I see in the freewriting is the story that the lonesome house tells the women, especially Mrs. Hale. The men are looking for evidence, but the women see, feel and hear in the silence. Murder has not been the experience of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, but they understand the emotions, the heart and the anger of Mrs. Wright. Minnie was silent for so long, she exploded in anger at the end. 4. The stillness of the lonesome Wright home clearly tells the story of why Minnie Wright killed

A woman’s body lies on the floor near a refrigerator. Around her are typical kitchen items—a bowl and rolling pin on the table, a cake pulled out from the oven, an iron on the ironing board. What happened to her? Was it an accident? Suicide? Natural causes? Murder? This scene is not from real life, but inspired by it. It is from one of 19 miniature dioramas made by Frances Glessner Lee (1878–1962), the first female police captain in the U.S. who is known as “godmother of forensic science.” The

CREEK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Larceny Deputy’s Assignment: I was dispatched to 42200 West 311th Street for a larceny complaint. A arrived and spoke to the victim Arthur Jester who advised a female had stole a Smith & Wesson .357 caliber pistol from his home. Victim/Reporting Person Summary: Arthur said a female in her 30's with brown hair and wearing a flower dress came to his home. Arthur said the female told him she was a termite pest control worker. Arthur said the female was there to survey

Trifle is a one demonstration play by Susan Glaspell. Her short story, "A Jury of Her Peers", was adjusted from the play a year after its introduction. It was initially performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theater in Provincetown Massachusetts on August 8, 1916. In the first assume Glaspell assumed the part of one of the characters Mrs. Hale. It is oftentimes anthologized in American writing course books. The play starts as the district lawyer the sheriff Mr. Hale Mrs. Peters and Mrs

Webster’s dictionary defines Identity as, “the distinguishing character or personality of an individual”. It is the sole factor of what makes a person unique from the millions of others. Finding a person’s identity can be a difficult task. Equality from the dystopian novel, Anthem by Ayn Rand has to go through an immense journey of self-discovery before he found his identity. His journey was one that was filled with hardships and difficulties but in the end his goal was met. Similarly, Mario Della

In the book the The Witch of Blackbird Pond; Nat, Kit, and Prudence all grow in friendship with Hannah Tupper. They all meet Hannah in their time of need. Hannah showed them kindness, gave them strength, and provided love for them, while Nat, Kit and Prudence all provided their own actions of love to Hannah too, despite the consequences. When Nat’s father told him he had to go to school, Nat ran away. He eventually ran into Hannah Tupper. She showed him love and gave him strength to go to his father

The Manson trial began in June of 1970. The jury in this case was locked up for the entire trial to protect the jury from the publicity and the harassment they would face from the public. Five women and seven men were selected to be on the jury with ages spanning from twenty-five to seventy-three. One of the jury members was a retired deputy sheriff. The prosecutor of this case was Vincent Bugliosi. Bugliosi’s opening statement described Manson a man “Who would refer to himself as Jesus Christ”

believed the items in the Mr. Wright’s house was irrelevant, but for the women the items was believed as significant clues that they wanted to conceal from men. It illustrated the men perspective of women as a trifle and unimportant thing. Trifles by Susan Glaspell is a one act play in the era of women movement (Washington, 2012). In 1990, feminist began their movement in the third wave of feminism as the response of the failures in the second wave. Women began to believe that there are no differences