World War I and the Great Depression were desperate times for many people. These events affected humankind worldwide and left them with very little to survive on. However, this did not stop authors such as William Faulkner, Sherwood Anderson, and Susan Glaspell from expressing their own harrowing experiences and views that changed because of these challenging times In 1929 New York Stock Exchange’s stock-market prices collapsed and sent North America and other countries into extreme distress, which caused many banks to foreclosure.
“The failure of so many banks, combined with a general and nationwide loss of confidence in the economy, led to much reduced levels of spending and demand and hence the production, thus aggravating the downward …show more content…
As stated before, one of the modernist characteristics is the usage of symbolism and images instead of statements. Each character symbolizes something to do with this time period. Emily is seen as the “Old South” because she does not want to let go of the past and wants old traditions. She has a resistance against the changes coming to the her town. Emily later meets a “yankee” named Homer Barron, which can be seen as the reconstruction coming from the North. Homer later became a love interest for Emily and suddenly disappeared. He was later found in a room where Emily would wrap his arms around her while she slept. This symbolizes how the “Old South” did not want to let go of the past. Faulkner used his childhood in Oxford to establish a setting and allow the current events to cause conflict within Emily’s life in the story. During the World War I and Great Depression, society lost hope in their ability to come back from such a tragedy, which is also shown in this short story. Emily loses hope in the town and how it is evolving around her. Emily can be compared to William Faulkner as well. Similar to Emily, he had a resistance to certain things and on account he has been seen “at various time quarreled with his community” (Rubin, Jackson, Moore, Simpson, & Young 338) Since Faulkner grew up in the South he …show more content…
When the stock-market prices crashed, Norman Cousins noticed the number of women that had a paying job was the same as the unemployment rate, which led to men taking the jobs of many women. (Ware The Great Depression and World War II) But they later realized that this did not work when coming to nurses and other ‘women-like” jobs. During 1936, women gained 2 million more jobs and even a increase in more working time. (Ware The Great Depression and World War II) This can be seen in Trifles as the men had the jobs, but never take the input of the women in the play, which shows that the men had more importance in this time
“The failure of so many banks, combined with a general and nationwide loss of confidence in the economy, led to much reduced levels of spending and demand and hence the production, thus aggravating the downward …show more content…
As stated before, one of the modernist characteristics is the usage of symbolism and images instead of statements. Each character symbolizes something to do with this time period. Emily is seen as the “Old South” because she does not want to let go of the past and wants old traditions. She has a resistance against the changes coming to the her town. Emily later meets a “yankee” named Homer Barron, which can be seen as the reconstruction coming from the North. Homer later became a love interest for Emily and suddenly disappeared. He was later found in a room where Emily would wrap his arms around her while she slept. This symbolizes how the “Old South” did not want to let go of the past. Faulkner used his childhood in Oxford to establish a setting and allow the current events to cause conflict within Emily’s life in the story. During the World War I and Great Depression, society lost hope in their ability to come back from such a tragedy, which is also shown in this short story. Emily loses hope in the town and how it is evolving around her. Emily can be compared to William Faulkner as well. Similar to Emily, he had a resistance to certain things and on account he has been seen “at various time quarreled with his community” (Rubin, Jackson, Moore, Simpson, & Young 338) Since Faulkner grew up in the South he …show more content…
When the stock-market prices crashed, Norman Cousins noticed the number of women that had a paying job was the same as the unemployment rate, which led to men taking the jobs of many women. (Ware The Great Depression and World War II) But they later realized that this did not work when coming to nurses and other ‘women-like” jobs. During 1936, women gained 2 million more jobs and even a increase in more working time. (Ware The Great Depression and World War II) This can be seen in Trifles as the men had the jobs, but never take the input of the women in the play, which shows that the men had more importance in this time