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    When reading the play Trifles which was written in 1916, by Susan Glaspell, I found that the play is about the murder of John Wright by his wife Minnie Wright. There were two different perspectives of how three male characters, Sheriff Henry Peters, County Attorney George Henderson and a neighbor, Lewis Hale, investigate the crime versus the two women in the play who are Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters the wives of the neighbor and the sheriff. (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012). When focusing on the males way

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    Snowy Day Review

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    Peter wakes up one winter day, looks out the window, and discovers that everything is covered in snow. Excited about what he sees, he puts on his red snowsuit and runs outside to explore. He plays making different footprints, joins other boys in a snowball fight, makes a smiling snowman and some snow angels, and climbs up a mountain to slide all the way down. He has so much fun and likes the snow so much that he makes a snowball and puts it in his pocket for the next day. When he gets home, he tells

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    The book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis has many protagonists, as all four main characters, Susan, Peter, Edmund, and Lucy. All four children have contributed in helping save the magical land, Narnia, from the evils of Jadis, the White Witch, and also the main antagonist. However, these four would not have come to victory if it were not for the help of the lion who came along the way, Aslan, who brings the “Lion” in the title. Despite most of the book being focused towards the

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    Susan Glaspell's Trifles

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    Hello Class, Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles” is a play about a woman who is be investigated for the murder of her husband. It was actually loosely based upon a true story involving the murder of a man named John Hossack, whose wife—a woman named Minnie—was also accused and originally convicted for the crime. I do believe that the theme for this play revolves around feminist theory. The two female characters named Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter are shown to sympathize with the wife of the victim and even understand

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    Angela Chhour Dr. Simon Wickhamsmith Basic Comp 15 September 2015 Memes: The Parasite Living Off of Mankind In Susan Blackmore’s paper, “Strange Creatures”, she claims that humans are nothing but hosts to metaphorical parasites called ‘memes’. A meme is something that is passed from person through person by imitation. Blackmore’s theory of memetics suggests that memes are feeding off of humans in terms of wanting to be continued without any benefit to the individual. This theory is comparable to

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    Video Log 11: This visit is so boring. I’ve been in England now for six days and we’ve done “magic summer school” on every one of them. Although, it’s not as awesome as it sounds. Practicing takes a lot of time and energy that mostly ends up in a little bit of magic and a lot of me wanting to strangle Hawking. And to make matters worse, the cute Purleigh girl I saw the first day I was here, hasn’t been back to the castle. I wanted to go to the village to see if I could catch a glimpse of her, but

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    Susan Glaspell's Trifles

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    In the play “Trifles” Susan Glaspell takes the audience on an investigation that involves a wife that has been arrested for the allegedly murdering her husband. The audience is introduced at the start of the investigation though the author never says so the audience can easily conclude that the marriage between Mr. and Mrs. Wright was not the best situation. There is evidence through the house of even possible abuse. Mrs. Wright for reasons not really know is driven into a life of solitude, for instance

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    Susan Glaspell's Trifles

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    “Trifles” depicts the different mindset and perception of how men and women see each other’s position within society. Emphasizing on the different chores and duties both sexes should be conducting within the household. With neither of them fully understanding how much the other relies on their partner to keep daily routines running smoothly and their efforts in creating a content environment. This comes into conflict when, Mr. Wright slowly begins to suck the enjoyments of life from his wife. Also

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    I believe Susan Glaspell’s title Trifles refers to the scant attention or importance placed on the thoughts of the female characters, by the male characters, as well as to the inadequate deliberation with which the men attend to the trifles that are actually of import. Not only does Mr. Hale plainly state, “Well, women are used to worrying over trifles” (1283) as the men belittle the thoughtfulness and consideration of Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale in regards to Mrs. Wright worrying about her stored

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    The short story “Trifles” by the author Susan Glaspell, she writes about a woman who may or may not have murdered her husband because she felt as though he was to blame for her boring life. The women in the play, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, are the ones solving the murder, while the men, the county attorney and sheriff, and are questioning things also trying to figure things out. In this story there was a lot of symbolism used as clues to show Mrs. Wright way of knowing that only the women she

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