Setting In Trifles, Death Of A Salesman, And Time Flies
Chandler Holloway
Dr. Stephen Calatrello
English Composition 102
7 July 2013
Setting: Society and Symbolism Eudora Welty once wrote “Fiction depends for its life on place. Place is the crossroads of circumstance, the proving ground of, What happened? Who 's here? Who 's coming?” (Search) Setting is not only the backbone of a story, but it also can impact a story’s plot, help develop the characters, or reveal a story’s theme. Setting is so important in a play is because all the audience can envision is what the playwright has given to us. Therefore, the playwrights make an extra effort to help the audience better convey the meaning of a story by paying close to exceptional detail in the setting. The plays Trifles, Death of a Salesman, and Time Flies collectively include a domestic setting that contributes to the ultimate theme. The intricate details of the setting that each playwright has placed into their play have an underlying meaning that can guide the audience member to better understanding the story. In Susan Glaspell’s Trifles, the overall theme of the play is the difference in gender. Being that …show more content…
Her secrets kept under pressure burst from their fragile containers . . . The single intact jar symbolizes the one remaining secret, the motive to complete the prosecutor 's case. (Trifles)
Therefore, the busted preserves symbolize Minnie becoming fed up with the way her life was and the broken cage symbolizes Minnie breaking free from her controlling relationship with the “hard man” (Glaspell 1050) himself, Mr. John Wright. The bond between the women led them to not speak of the knowledge that they had and ultimately backing up Mrs. Wright. With the kitchen not being the men’s domain, the men felt no need to spend any of their time there looking for clues which allowed the women to eventually solve the
Dr. Stephen Calatrello
English Composition 102
7 July 2013
Setting: Society and Symbolism Eudora Welty once wrote “Fiction depends for its life on place. Place is the crossroads of circumstance, the proving ground of, What happened? Who 's here? Who 's coming?” (Search) Setting is not only the backbone of a story, but it also can impact a story’s plot, help develop the characters, or reveal a story’s theme. Setting is so important in a play is because all the audience can envision is what the playwright has given to us. Therefore, the playwrights make an extra effort to help the audience better convey the meaning of a story by paying close to exceptional detail in the setting. The plays Trifles, Death of a Salesman, and Time Flies collectively include a domestic setting that contributes to the ultimate theme. The intricate details of the setting that each playwright has placed into their play have an underlying meaning that can guide the audience member to better understanding the story. In Susan Glaspell’s Trifles, the overall theme of the play is the difference in gender. Being that …show more content…
Her secrets kept under pressure burst from their fragile containers . . . The single intact jar symbolizes the one remaining secret, the motive to complete the prosecutor 's case. (Trifles)
Therefore, the busted preserves symbolize Minnie becoming fed up with the way her life was and the broken cage symbolizes Minnie breaking free from her controlling relationship with the “hard man” (Glaspell 1050) himself, Mr. John Wright. The bond between the women led them to not speak of the knowledge that they had and ultimately backing up Mrs. Wright. With the kitchen not being the men’s domain, the men felt no need to spend any of their time there looking for clues which allowed the women to eventually solve the