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    Trifles

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    * Last week we reflected on our writing‚ and this week we deal with some things related to the reading we will do in this class. The two primary components of this class are reading literature and then writing about literature‚ and knowing some of the literary devices and features will help you with both reading and writing about literature. * Before I provide my examples‚ I want to explain that literary devices (I call them conventions sometimes too) are like strategies.  That is‚ authors of

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    Richard Wright

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    curiosity on the meaning of life‚ questions about fate‚ and even examining his own life. I believe Richard Wright was trying to make sense of the meaning of life and the purpose of his own way of living. I began to notice Wright was trying to find the reasoning for racial segregation and the judging of one’s character based on race‚ religion‚ and even his way of life. At the age of eighteen‚ Richard Wright was soon drawn to H. L. Mencken because of a newspaper headline which stated “Mencken is a fool.” To

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    Scars His racial status‚ his poverty‚ the disruption of his family‚ and his faulty education allowed Richard Wright to grow into a novelist astonishingly different than other major American writers. Richard Wright was born on a Rucker plantation in Adams County‚ Mississippi. He was born on September 4‚ 1908 to Ella Wilson‚ a schoolteacher and Nathaniel Wright‚ a sharecropper. When Wright was about six years old‚ his father abandoned Ella and his two sons in a penniless condition to run off with another

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    Wrights philosophy of "organic architecture" was his way of saying that a building should be made out of its natural surroundings. Wright exposed daring originality in his work and rebelled versus the intricate shapes and Victorian styles. He thought that the architectural development must be set by the particular role for the building‚ its environment‚ and the type of accessories utilized in the structure. He brought the outside environment literally into Fallingwater. The four beams known as the

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    Glaspell ’s play "Trifles‚" a tragic story concerning the investigation of a husband ’s mysterious death‚ symbolism can be found within the context of the play. The play presents factors that obtain more meaning than meets the eye. Items such as the canary who lives in a cage‚ the dilapidated rocking chair‚ and the cherry preserves are devices‚ which have a significant importance in supporting the idea conveyed through the play. Although Mrs. Wright is not witnessed in the play‚ "Trifles" presents an

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    Minnie Fisher Cunningham was born on March 18‚1882 to Horatio and Sallie Fisher in New Waverly‚TX. To be an educated‚politically minded young women she received her state teaching certificate when she was 16‚but instead of pursuing her teaching career she followed the path of medicine and studied at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.After she graduated‚ her pharmacy career started‚but during her work period she realized that her pay was less than half of what her male coworkers

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    about. Life in the rural Midwest of the century was a lonely‚ difficult‚ and depressing way of life…….. The twentieth century was difficult for women. Bailey L. McDaniel states‚ “The isolation and despondency with which Glaspell characterizes Minnie Wright ’s existence is not far from the reality that many farmers would have experienced‚ with no telephones or televisions‚ miles between the nearest neighbor‚ and backbreaking work a necessity just to survive” (1). Women would suffer in silence; they

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    James Craig 28 September 2014 Trifles “There’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm” (1389)‚ Mrs. Hale stiffly replies to the Court Attorney’s trite comment about the untidy appearance of Mrs. Wright’s house. Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell‚ was a play written for the Cape Cod Provincetown Players in 1916. Glaspell exposes sexism during this time period. Her play would later become the benchmark of the feminist movement and give her a reputation as a writer sensitive to these issues. Glaspell

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    The Irony in Trifles

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    Heather Brown Professor Evermind English 1302 2 March 2012 The Irony in Trifles The play Trifles written by Susan Glaspell is set in the nineteenth century. A trifle is a thing of little value or importance‚ so in the play Trifles the irony of the story is quite humorous. In this time period women were not treated as equals‚ men believed women did not have as much intellect as themselves‚ and treated them accordingly. With this in mind the irony of the play revolves around how much better

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    effected into action. The short dramatic play‚ “Trifles‚” by Susan Glaspell showcases the repression of American women by a male dominated society during the late 1800’s. The protagonist‚ Minnie Wright‚ remains unseen throughout the play. Just as women of the playwright’s time were silenced in matters that affected their day-to day lives‚ Minnie is helpless to defend herself and is instead‚ defended through the exposure of her circumstances. “Trifles” reminds the audience that women are not to be

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