The North American writer Susan Glaspell, in her short story "A Jury of Her Peers", tells about the female characters' situation involved in the resolution of John Wright's death, John is the husband of one of the female characters in the story. ... In her short story "A Jury of Her Peers", Susan Glaspell exposes how women are treated in a patriarchal society through men´s actions. ... Glaspell in her story: "she didn't seem like a sheriff's wife. ... According to Susan Glaspell's story, women are not intelligent enough "Mr. ... In concl...

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Susan Glaspell was born in 1882 and raised in Davenport, Iowa. Glaspell began her career as a novelist and author of sentimental short stories for popular magazines. ... Dramatist Susan Glaspell wrote at a time when the boundaries between the private and public spheres were beginning to break down. ... Many writers, like Susan Keating Glaspell, deconstruct gender roles by giving female characters knowledge that empowers them within the women's sphere. ... Lawrence and Susan Glaspell both are extraordinary writers whom use secrecy in very similar ways, but develop plot in two different w...

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"Trifles," by Susan Glaspell, is about a murder investigation of a man who supposedly was murdered by his wife. ... She worried about that when it turned so cold"" (Glaspell, 1128) and in response the Sheriff wants to beat the women for worrying about something so foolish. ... "She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively, when she was one of the town girls singing in the choir"" (Glaspell, 1129). ... But in the play Glaspell preserves that what these two women are doing is insulting to their knowledge and they seem so insignificant compared to the men, almost invisible compared to the men...

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In this play written by Susan Glaspell, the plot, the actions of various characters, and the dialogue communicate the author's disapproval of gender-role stereotypes. ... By this, one can see that Glaspell disapproves of gender stereotypes. ... By the way women are depicted in this story through the actions of various characters and the dialogue, Glaspell states that one should not judge people based on their gender. ... In writing this play, Glaspell changes the concept of gender-role stereotypes to show that women should be more rebellious in a male-dominated society....

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(Glaspell 1.1.136). ... Sylvia Plath and Susan Glaspell are prime examples of women who bucked society's expectations and entered into - and succeeded in - predominantly male careers. ... Wright, the protagonist in Susan Glaspell's one-act play, "Trifles," is a woman accused of killing her husband for reasons unknown to the men in her town; but the women in town are aware of the crime that she has committed. ... He killed that, too" (Glaspell 1.1.124). ... "(Glaspell 1.1.136). ...

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Henry's "A Municipal Report" contains little more than simple elements of entertainment while Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" attempts to reveal certain truths about life. ... Unlike "A Municipal Report", Glaspell, in "A Jury of Her Peers", strives to communicate more then mere entertainment through round, believable characters. ... In "A Jury of Her Peers", Glaspell takes the time to make sure the characters are developed and relatable. ... Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers", attempts to reveal certain truths about aspects of human life and succeeds in doing so. ...

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The play "Trifles," by Susan Glaspell shows how a man's perspective is completely different from a woman's. ... Hale says, "Well, women are used to worrying over trifles " (Glaspell 1412). ... Peters responds by saying, "We think she was going to knot it" " (Glaspell 1418). ... Henderson"" (Glaspell 1420). ... "Ah, loyal to your sex, I see. " says the County Attorney" (Glaspell 1413)....

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Susan Glaspell's play "Trifles- highlights the unequal status of men and women that existed in the early 20th century. ... No telling; you women might come upon a clue to the motive "and that's the thing we need- (Glaspell 5). ... - (Glaspell 5). ... She straightened "stepped back, and half turned away, stood looking at it, seeing the woman who had sat there pleatin' at her apron'- (Glaspell 6). ... They support the claim of the thesis that Glaspell used dialogue to show misunderstanding between the men and women. ...

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One main similarity between the two plays A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, and Trifles, by Susan Glaspell, is that the women are treated like they are incompetent. In many cases, the men in both plays treat the women like prizes or pets. In A Doll's House, Torvald calls Nora his singing bird, or...

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In the story, "A Jury of Her Peers" written by Susan Glaspell, Minnie Wright is accused of murder of her husband. ... The story reveals, through Glaspell's use of symbolism, the role that women are expected to play in society. ... Character names are very important in Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers." ... Peters, the sheriff, says "for that matter a sheriff's wife is married to the law" (Glaspell 209). ... Susan Glaspell in her short story "A Jury of Her Peers" illustrates through symbols the life of a woman at the beginning of the 20th century. ...

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"(Glaspell, 1930) The messiness of the kitchen leads the reader to believe a couple of things. ... Wright's husband was murdered by a slipping rope around his neck (Glaspell, 1929). ... Glaspell (1919) mentions the character Mrs. ... Wright loved her bird as she was going to bury it in a pretty box (Glaspell, 1935). ... As Glaspell (1919) writes, "Well, Henry, at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. ...

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Though men and women are now recognized as equal in intelligence, when Susan Glaspell wrote "Trifles" and "A Jury of Her Peers" in 1916, it was not so. ... In Glaspell's story, ironic situations contrast male and female intuition, illustrating that Minnie Wright is more fairly judged by "a jury of her peers." ... Through the situations in "Trifles", Glaspell clearly illustrates a world in which men and women vary in their perception of things. ...

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In Susan Glaspell's short story "A Jury of Her Peers", the female characters Martha Hale and Mrs. ... She wished she had visited when Minnie was there but "there was always something to do and Minnie Foster would go right from her mind" (Glaspell 2). ... Glaspell mentions twice that the women moved closer together as the county attorney discovered the broken preserves, dirty towel and dirty dishes. ...

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Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" and Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers," are both short stories rife with symbolism. ... Glaspell's much longer story is about two women, a farm woman, Mrs. ... In Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" and Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers," there is much symbolism to be found behind the simple words. ...

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Women Trapped By Their Gender Roles Susan Glaspell's Trifles and Sophie Treadwell's Machinal each offer their readers examples of women who feel trapped by their gender roles. ... Wright (Glaspell 20). ... "Well, women are used to worrying over trifles" (Glaspell 19). ... (Glaspell 22) The two women then proceed to speculate on why Mrs. ...

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At the beginning of the twentieth century people's lifestyles were far different from the lives we live today. The early 1900's was a time of hardship and struggles. This is especially true for the people of rural America. Both men and women must work long hours everyday just to put food on the ...

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Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" is a short story showing the differences between male and female. ... "Glaspell underscores here the male/female polarities that she will explore in the course of the play" (Mustazza 263). ...

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In John Patrick Shanley's theatrical drama, "Doubt," and Susan Glaspell's "Trifles," two main characters are accused of very serious crimes. ... He was what I thought he was, and now he's gone. " Trifles by Susan Glaspell takes place in Iowa during 1916. ...

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The play on Trifles is about a woman who may have killed her husband, either premeditated or for the reason that she has just had enough of his abuse. I will be arguing for Minnie's defense as to why she was just, and the women who aided her were also reasonable in aiding her in getting away with mu...

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"A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell is a story relating to a husband, John Wright, who was found strangled in his bed. His wife, Mrs. Wright, is suspected of her husbands murder and is remanded by the police. The story commences the next day when the sheriff, his wife, the county attorney and th...

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"A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell is a story relating to a husband, John Wright, who was found strangled in his bed. His wife, Mrs. Wright, is suspected of her husbands murder and is remanded by the police. The story commences the next day when the sheriff, his wife, the county attorney and th...

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Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell, is the unique perspectives of the two different genders on the same issue. As suggested by its title, the central theme of Trifles is that things dismissed by some as trivial and insignificant ("trifles") often are very important. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, rest...

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Author Susan Glaspell was ahead of her time as she blurred the lines of traditional definitions, particularly of marriage and women's roles in society, in the early twentieth century. Based on her play Trifles, Glaspell's short story A Jury of Her Peers illustrates how men and women viewing the same set of circumstances will look at objects differently. ...

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Trifles, written in the early 1900's by Susan Glaspell, is a one-act play illustrating how women can overreact to their own emotions, allowing these emotions to cloud their judgment. This is shown by describing the feelings of two women who are willing to defend a suspect, blame the victim, and go s...

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In life we all might have a love; high situation with a love one or a friend. In the stories Trifles and To His Coy Mistress; there are things that can be taken as a love story or just as a hate crime. In "To His Coy Mistress; a man is sending a love/lust letter to this lady who is in his eyes the m...

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