Susan Sellers

Drama Essay: Gender Differences In “Trifles” While Susan Glaspell was writing “Trifles” her one- act play, in the 1900s this was a thriving time in society when the male- dominance was very prominent. Women were very limited in what they could and could not do. At this time woman could not vote and had very limited power in the professional area. They were expected to obey and follow the rules their husband placed on them. They were responsible for bearing children and raising them. Many husbands

Glaspell’s Jury of her Peers: Cause for Retribution? It's not what you did, it's why you did it. Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" describes the investigation of the murder of John Wright. Assumed guilty of killing her husband, Minnie Wright's home is inspected by a group of men for clues. They bring along two women, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, to gather the personal belongings of Mrs. Wright for her. The men search for a motive to explain the murder meanwhile the women make observations

In Susan Glaspell’s Trifles, a suspenseful story is set around a group of men and women as they investigate the murder of John Wright. The main suspect is his wife, Mrs. Wright. The women--Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are meant to pack up her belongings to bring back to the jail however the two end up unraveling what life really was like for Mr. and Mrs. Wright. The men on the other hand, despite intentions of discovering motives, come up seemingly empty-handed and conclude the women’s work as “trifles

Susan Glaspell's Trifles The play examines the relationships between husbands and wives and reflects stereotypes of gender, particularly a marriage that ended in murder. The setting, a messy kitchen, reflects to me that the women stand together, emphasizing both the way they have been pushed together by their male-dominated society but also, possibly, their loyalty to each other over their husbands, a topic explored in the play. The men repeatedly dismiss things as beneath their notice if they are

Susan Glaspell's Trifles The setting lures you into the play, it opens on the scene of John and Minnie Wright’s abandoned farmhouse. A chaotic kitchen, with unwashed dishes, a loaf of uncooked bread, and a dirty towel on the table, reflects to me that the ladies stand together, accentuating both the way they have been pushed together by their male-ruled society. The men repeatedly dismiss things as beneath their notice, such things as the canning jars of fruit that are, in the men’s opinions, women’s

A Heavy Conscience Trifles by Susan Glaspell is a short play built around the murder of John Wright. One might say that this play is dull and boring. However, that is far from the case. There are numerous entwined themes and ideas throughout the play. With closer examination of Glaspell’s work it is clear that there is a far greater plot in action. Mrs. Minnie Wright has been arrested for the murder of her husband while the investigation is active. Interestingly enough the murder is not the focused

Did Lizzie Borden Commit Murder? A little over a century ago an atrocious double murder was committed, in the two-half story house at 92 Second Street, in Fall River, Massachusetts. This crime shocked the city of Fall River, as well as the nation, as Lizzie Borden, a 32-year-old Sunday school teacher, went on trial for the murder of her father and her stepmother. (Augustine). An all male jury eventually acquitted her on the accusations.(Aiuto). To this day, the murderer of Andrew J. Borden and Abby

Heather Hansen’s work entitled Emptied Gestures was an experimental project focused on kinetic drawing in which she combined visual art and dance. They are artworks made from charcoals drawn on large paper canvases and she uses her own body to create the illustration she has in her head. In an article by Hannah Edwards, Hansen says, “Emptied Gestures is an experiment in kinetic drawing. In this series, I am searching for ways to download my movement directly onto paper, emptying gestures from one

In both essays “Biographies of Hegemony” by Karen Ho and “The Naked Citadel” by Susan Faludi, there are two higher institutions, which would be Wall Street and the Citadel. Both of their goals is to “remold” an individual to fit their criteria. Each individual has a certain identity and presents themselves in a specific way. People are known to change due to influences in their everyday lives, which eventually changes their identities into someone completely different. In these two essays, it becomes

As we age, we have a tendency to look back on things we may have done, or even the things we didn’t do. People always tell us how the best years of our lives were when we were young. But what does it mean to be young? Is it defined by looking young, acting young, or feeling young? The first definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary of young is “being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development”. But what exactly is the first stage of life? It could be when we are a baby, a toddler