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The climax of the play comes when the women find the body of the bird in...

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:43:05 PST

The climax of the play comes when the women find the body of the bird in the sewing box. It represents the culmination of all their discussions, such as the reasons for the cage door being opened and the nervous style of stitching on Mrs. Wright's quilt. Upon finding the body of the bird, the women were able to piece together all their prior discussions and envision the murder and why it happened. Glaspell's description of their look of...

What is the climax of "Trifles"?

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:14:52 PST

What is the climax of "Trifles"?

I also feel that it would be impossible to have the play changed for a...

Sat, 30 May 2009 13:04:59 PST

I also feel that it would be impossible to have the play changed for a 21 century audience. I wonder if the roles were reversed meaning the women be the ones investigating the crime scene and the men being the "submissive" roles if that would work. As for the setting I'm not sure how it would change. Any ideas are appreciated.

Trifles, the play by Susan Glaspell, was also written by the author as a...

Sat, 30 May 2009 10:22:35 PST

Trifles, the play by Susan Glaspell, was also written by the author as a short story titled "A Jury of Her Peers". You might find that helpful. However, keeping the title of both the play and story in mind, we might find that Trifles is impossible to play taking the sexist feelings of the early 1900's out because that really is what constitutes the play. It really is a piece from and about that time period. One way that could be done (but...

If you had to retain the gender politics in Trifles for a 21st century...

Sat, 30 May 2009 07:47:12 PST

Female attorneys andsheriffs, and male homemakers are fairly common these days so how would the characters and setting change for a 21st century audience

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Thu, 28 May 2009 10:38:34 PST

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Describe life of Mrs. Wright before and after her marriage in "Trifles".

Wed, 27 May 2009 17:11:54 PST

Describe life of Mrs. Wright before and after her marriage in "Trifles".

The crooked sewing in the play is significant and is a reflection of...

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:08:22 PST

The crooked sewing in the play is significant and is a reflection of Minnie's state of mind. Women that sew quilts take great pride in the tiny, pin-neat stitches that are integral in the making of a quilt. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters recognize that the haphazard sewing is a stark contrast to the neat stitches in the rest of the quilting and immediately recognize that Minnie must have been upset when the piece was sewn. In contrast, Mr....

How does the crooked sewing connect to Mrs. Peters comment about Mr....

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:07:05 PST

How does the crooked sewing connect to Mrs. Peters comment about Mr. Henderson (search for a motive)?

In the play trifles by Susan Glaspell what is the inner conflict within...

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:59:33 PST

In the play trifles by Susan Glaspell what is the inner conflict within each woman??

Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters have realized, at this point, that Mrs. Wright...

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:12:14 PST

Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters have realized, at this point, that Mrs. Wright is responsible for her husband's death. The stitching being erratic is symbolic of Mrs. Wright's mental state (one of disarray) or it could be symbolic of Mrs. Wright's anger at her husband. Mrs. Hale rips out the stitching so that it cannot be used as evidence to show that Mrs. Wright was "crazy": The women consider their alternatives: disclose what they know, or...

Hale begins a sentence “It looked ...”. Complete the...

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:47:41 PST

Hale begins a sentence “It looked ...”. Complete the sentence by considering what Hale felt and what Harry said aloud.

What reason other than "bad sewing" making her "fidgety" would compel...

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:10:36 PST

What reason other than "bad sewing" making her "fidgety" would compel Mrs. Hale to rip out the crazy stitches?

Trifles or insignificant acts with little or no real meaning is exactly...

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:20:20 PST

Trifles or insignificant acts with little or no real meaning is exactly the opposite of what goes on in the play "Trifles." The author makes a statement about the treatment of women in society. ‘‘Glaspell intended to show that women in the domestic sphere were vulnerable to the brutality of men like John Wright, but she also dramatizes the powerful sense of solidarity women shared and assumes that this solidarity was somehow...

What is the meaning of the title of Tifles by Glaspell?

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:06:30 PST

What is the meaning of the title of Tifles by Glaspell?

In one page, trace the development of Mrs. Peters’s character...

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:34:21 PST

In one page, trace the development of Mrs. Peters’s character throughout the play Trifles. (What was she like at the beginning of the play?

Trace the development of Mrs. Peters’s character throughout the play...

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 21:42:33 PST

Trace the development of Mrs. Peters’s character throughout the play Trifles. What was she like at the beginning of the play?

The bird itself is the main symbol in Trifles. Just as Mr. Wright...

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:31:41 PST

The bird itself is the main symbol in Trifles. Just as Mr. Wright literally choked the life out of Minnie Wright, he also destroyed his wife's spirit. Mrs. Hale mentions that Minnie "used to wear pretty clothes and be lively . . . one of the towns girls singing in the choir." After marrying Mr. Wright, she lost her voice--the ability to be cheerful--and, more importantly, she lost who she was. The death of the bird symbolizes the death...

In Susan Glaspell's Trifles, what are key symbols besides the birdcage?

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:59:53 PST

In Susan Glaspell's Trifles, what are key symbols besides the birdcage?

In order to answer this question, it is important to focus not just on...

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:33:45 PST

In order to answer this question, it is important to focus not just on the fact that her husband killed her bird, but on how the husband killed the bird -- he broke its neck, and the reader can assume this was the result of the husband strangling the bird to get it to shut up. Also, one could argue that Mrs. Wright has been emotionally strangled by her husband. She used to be a young, beautiful thing that sang in the choir, but after she...