Haley Spiva Dr. Young English 102 24 March 2008 Symbolism in Glaspell’s Trifles Trifles was written by Susan Glaspell in 1916. Ms. Glaspell was a writer for the Des Moines News. The play started out by four characters of the play going over to the house of John Wright‚ due to a murder that happened at his house. George Henderson is the County Attorney‚ Henry Peters is the sheriff‚ Lewis Hale is the neighbor’s farmer‚ and also two women are in this play‚ Mrs. Peters‚ the sheriff’s wife and
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Susan Sontag‚ in "Against Interpretation‚" takes a very interesting critical standpoint on the idea of literary interpretation. Unlike most literary critics‚ Sontag believes that literary criticism is growing increasingly destructive towards the very works of art that they‚ supposedly‚ so greatly "appreciate" and "respect." Her standpoint could not be more accurate. Reading her work generates numerous questions‚ the most important of which is quite possibly‚ "How are we to take her final statement
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Thinking “Outside The Box” There are always those people who stand out against others because of their beliefs‚ styles‚ and mindset among other things. These are the people in our society who are deemed adjectives such as weird‚ outrageous‚ unique‚ or even crazy. But it is always these “outside-the-box” mind states of people that put them in a above and beyond category‚ and many of these people go on to achieve great things because they think above and have strong beliefs and ideals that
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‘Trifles’- An interesting play written by Susan Glaspell in 1916‚ is a play dealing with mystery and murder‚ revenge and deceit‚ and is full of irony from beginning to end. Seven characters form the cast‚ although 2 are non-active and will not be viewed; only spoken of. The County Attorney is a young man who seems for the most part to have a solid interest in his work. Although the County Attorney has a professional demeanor‚ he still joins in and laughs at the comments that the Sheriff direct towards
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‘To live is to be photographed’ (Sontag‚ 2004). Does photography have a special role in the mediation of our lives‚ and how‚ according to Sontag‚ is this role changing? INTRODUCTION Attempting to comprehend the role of photography in the mediation of our lives would have to account‚ apart from historical evidence‚ an understanding of the importance and the necessity of the photograph in every day life. In a society that is constantly bombarded by images from different mediums
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Outside Speech Assignment #1 On September 16‚ 2011‚ I attended a training session/lunch and learn for Valley Regional Imaging. They came to me job to show the new computer technology that we will soon have access to from our clinic. Instead of them faxing us results‚ we would be able to go on the computer and see our own results. The meeting was held in one of our board rooms. The room was dimly lit with a huge projection screen in the middle. The table was huge with big comfy leather chairs
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heroin to an undercover cop and sentenced to 10-20 years in a Michigan prison. She escaped from prison eight months later and started a new life in California as Marie Walsh. She kept a low profile for 32 years‚ trying to escape her past life as Susan LeFevre. She raised three children with her husband of 23 years‚ Alan‚ who never knew she was using an assumed identity. (Morin‚ K. 2011) (Mail Online‚ 2011) In March 2008‚ authorities received an anonymous online tip that Walsh was living in suburban
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The video‚ “Dance Me Outside”‚ did a great job of portraying the gross disregard for a Native American’s life in the case of Little Margaret as well as the biases within the judicial system and restorative justice. The director also emphasizes how Native American’s take care of “their own” in many instances throughout the film. In the video‚ a Native American girl‚ Little Margaret is murdered after a night out at the bar. Little Margaret’s body was carelessly tossed next to the river where two
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Susan Bordo an author who writes about how the American culture has always shown and used women’s bodies throughout our history and to most is considered completely normal. In the print “Beauty Rediscovers the Male Body” Bordo states “naked female body became an object of mainstream consumption”(Bordo 168). She explains that the female body was completely normal for people to look at while on the other hand showing a naked male body was considered a taboo that most people were afraid to break. Over
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In Susan 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"
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