<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>Trifles Group at eNotes</title>
    <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/group</link>
    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Trifles Group at eNotes.</description>
    <lastBuildDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:05:49</lastBuildDate>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Due to the limitation in time, i may not have the complete understanding...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-look-district-120553</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Due to the limitation in time, i may not have the complete understanding of the play. However, as far as i know, John and Mini's relationship were secret lovers. 
In the early history of the 1916, a woman involved with a married man that was a very serious crime. To commit adultry was never be tolerable by the society. Especially women would receive strictly punishment according to the law back then.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-look-district-120553</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:05:49 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Read the play "trifles" by Susan Glaspell.  Look at the District...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-look-district-120553</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Read the play "trifles" by Susan Glaspell.  Look at the District Attorney and at John and Mini's relationship.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-look-district-120553</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 22:14:03 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[There are a couple of ways one can take this depending on which women...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/what-an-aspect-that-links-two-plays-hamlet-by-120345</link>
        <description><![CDATA[There are a couple of ways one can take this depending on which women from each play the reader discusses.  Here are two comparative points.
1. Both plays feature women dominated by the men in their lives.  Ophelia, once a lovely, vibrant girl, receives cruel and unjust treatment from Hamlet (her fiance).  His treatment of her eventually causes her insanity and subsequent suicide. Similarly, Minnie Wright from Trifles was once a...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/what-an-aspect-that-links-two-plays-hamlet-by-120345</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:13:27 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[What is an aspect that links the two plays, Hamlet by Shakespeare to...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/what-an-aspect-that-links-two-plays-hamlet-by-120345</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is an aspect that links the two plays, Hamlet by Shakespeare to Trifles by Susan Glaspell?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/what-an-aspect-that-links-two-plays-hamlet-by-120345</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:33:12 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Trifles deals with subtle actions, mundane details, psychology, subtext....]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-answer-120209</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Trifles deals with subtle actions, mundane details, psychology, subtext.  What is not said is as important as what is said.  Stage directions are very important.
1)  We never see the crime scene.
2)  We never meet the main characters, Mr. and Mrs. Wright.
3)  The men never find a "smoking gun" or a motive for the murder.
The three most important stage directions are as follow:
1)

(Hale goes outside. The Sheriff follows the County...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-answer-120209</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:30:04 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Susan Glaspell's title, Trifles is about the little things that people...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/glaspell-rewrote-play-trifles-short-story-changed-120211</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Susan Glaspell's title, Trifles is about the little things that people miss. The title implies that someone is missing something or is not taking something seriously. Whatever is missing comes across as a mundane detail. These seemingly innocent details are what invite the reader into the story and has them guessing what is really meant by the title of Trifles.
Glaspell's other title, A Jury of Her Peers alludes to the fact that a crime is...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/glaspell-rewrote-play-trifles-short-story-changed-120211</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:05:38 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Glaspell rewrote the play “Trifles” as a short story and changed the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/glaspell-rewrote-play-trifles-short-story-changed-120211</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Glaspell rewrote the play “Trifles” as a short story and changed the title to "A Jury of Her Peers."]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/glaspell-rewrote-play-trifles-short-story-changed-120211</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:18:43 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Read the play "trifles" by Susan Glaspell and answer the following...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-answer-120209</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Read the play "trifles" by Susan Glaspell and answer the following question carefully.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-answer-120209</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:10:05 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[This question has been previously asked and answered. Please see the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-what-plays-119479</link>
        <description><![CDATA[This question has been previously asked and answered. Please see the links below, and thank you for using eNotes.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-what-plays-119479</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:28:52 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Mrs. Hale say this toward the end of the play.  Here's the surrounding...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-answer-119477</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Hale say this toward the end of the play.  Here's the surrounding conversation:


MRS. PETERS. I know what stillness is. (Pulling herself back). The law has got to punish crime, Mrs. Hale. MRS. HALE (not as if answering that). I wish you'd seen MInnie Foster when she wore a white dress with blue ribbons and stood up there in the choir and sang. (A look around the room). Oh, I wish I'd come over here once in a while! That was a crime!...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-answer-119477</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:40:58 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Theme: Men Do Not Appreciate Women
The men within this play betray a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-what-plays-119479</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Theme: Men Do Not Appreciate Women
The men within this play betray a sense of self-importance. They present themselves as tough, serious-minded detectives, when in truth they are not nearly as observant as the female characters. Their pompous attitude causes the women to feel defensive and form ranks. Not only do Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters bond, but they choose to hide evidence as an act of compassion for Mrs. Wright. Stealing the box with the...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-what-plays-119479</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:10:40 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[What is the theme of "Trifles"?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-what-plays-119479</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the theme of "Trifles"?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-what-plays-119479</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:02:37 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Read the play "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell and answer the following...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-answer-119477</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Read the play "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell and answer the following question.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/read-play-trifles-by-susan-glaspell-answer-119477</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:55:16 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[If you do not have to compare the short play Trifles with another short...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/literature-writing-process-by-mcmahon-there-any-116283</link>
        <description><![CDATA[If you do not have to compare the short play Trifles with another short story, but rather with just another work found in Literature and the Writing Process, then I would choose to compare Antigone by Sophocles to Glaspell's theme of women outsmarting/outdoing men.  Antigone is another short play in your anthology, and you will definitely see many points of comparison especially in regards to women standing up against male stereotypes.
If you...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/literature-writing-process-by-mcmahon-there-any-116283</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:36:51 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[In Literature and the Writing Process by McMahon, are there any other...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/literature-writing-process-by-mcmahon-there-any-116283</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In Literature and the Writing Process by McMahon, are there any other stories with themes similar to Trifles by Glaspell?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/literature-writing-process-by-mcmahon-there-any-116283</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:11:03 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[I did 2 research papers on this work, and i got a full mark on the two...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/how-does-susan-glapell-condition-audience-accept-115899</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I did 2 research papers on this work, and i got a full mark on the two of them, so here's a short qoute:
"Maybe it's unusual to see a victim commits murder, shows no emotions, but this was the interesting thing about Trifles. At the beginning of the play, Glaspell wanted her audience to see Mrs. Wright as a bad, insensitive, emotionless woman, then; the audience is forced to see the world through the eyes of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters to...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/how-does-susan-glapell-condition-audience-accept-115899</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:11:01 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[How does Susan Glapell condition the audience to accept the final...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/how-does-susan-glapell-condition-audience-accept-115899</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How does Susan Glapell condition the audience to accept the final decision in the play "Trifles"?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/how-does-susan-glapell-condition-audience-accept-115899</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:54:26 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[The play is realistic in that it is based on the Hossack’s case, a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/trifiles-by-suzan-glasbel-character-realistic-115155</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The play is realistic in that it is based on the Hossack’s case, a real murder incident in Iowa on December 2, 1900, when Susan Glaspell was a news reporter.  The language used in the play is plain and simple, the way real people in a small town would speak.  There are no dramatic monologues or soliloquies to draw attention to explicit themes.  There are no dramatic climaxes for effect, no smoking gun, no confession.  All these would be...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/trifiles-by-suzan-glasbel-character-realistic-115155</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:03:33 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspel, are the character realistic? If the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/trifiles-by-suzan-glasbel-character-realistic-115155</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In "Trifles" by Susan Glaspel, are the character realistic? If the answer yes, discuss it in three points.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/trifiles-by-suzan-glasbel-character-realistic-115155</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:52:09 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[The overriding moral principle deals with the inequality of the sexes at...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/what-moral-principle-trifiles-110695</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The overriding moral principle deals with the inequality of the sexes at the turn of the 20th century.  Specifically, the play focuses on the isolation of a wife within marriage.  Glaspell says that, once married, a woman loses her ties with the greater feminine community.  Minnie Wright, who used to sing and socialize, is so held captive by Mr. Wright as a domestic servant, for so long, that she justifiably snaps.
The men investigators in...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/trifles/q-and-a/what-moral-principle-trifiles-110695</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:14:54 PST</pubDate>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>