(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. ... In "Trifles,"" Mrs. ... In "Trifles," Mrs. ...

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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 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 Trifles Mrs. ... Reading Susan Glaspell "Trifles" it makes your mind wonder what was really going on in the wife's mind at the time. ... They say that when she got married everything turn; she used to be Minnie Foster; who wore pretty clothes, was lively, one of the girls singing in choir ( Trifles pg. 467) You never know what someone can do to you in a love and hate situation and in reading these two stories your love situation could actually be lust or it ...

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The Death in Marriage In Susan Glaspells" play Trifles although we never actually see Mrs. Wright we learn a lot about her self character. The play has a very underlying subplot of Mrs. Wrights" character change after marriage. We see how she acts and feels once life has stolen her true inhibitio...

• Word Count: 764
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• Grade Level: High School