Harold Lloyd

The Power of Blissful Ignorance: Frederick Douglass was one of the most important American figures born in the 19th century. He was born into slavery, however, he taught himself to read, write and become a fantastic public speaker. In his book, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, ignorance is shown to have been used as major weapon by slave owners during the slavery era in the United States. Frederick Douglass clearly conveys how ignorance was used to justify the institution of slavery…

Published in 1916, Susan Glaspell’s one-act play, Trifles, describes the investigation of Mrs. Wright, a farmer’s wife who is in jail because she was accused of murdering her husband, but had no apparent motive for murder. While searching for evidence at her house, three men look for obvious facts and motives, but are unsuccessful. On the other hand, two women, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, pay close attention to trifles and reveal many secrets about the Wright family, but decide to keep them a…

Was He Really Mr. Wright? In “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, Mr. Wright has been found strangled in his sleep. Prime suspect? His wife, Mrs. Wright, previously known as Minnie Foster. Mr. Henderson sets out to find something that would show anger or “sudden feeling” that will reveal a motive for the murder and solve the case. But blinded by their sexist views, the men are unable to find evidence that leads them to the solution of the case. Although Mrs. Wright claims to have been…

The first two paragraphs of the short story written by Susan Glaspell, “A Jury of Her Peers” presents Martha Hale’s, neighbor of Mrs. Wright who is the prime suspect of Mr. Wright is death, routine as a woman and her overall thought process. Mrs. Hale left her kitchen “in no shape for leaving” (490) indicating that she is a person of neatness; no job is to be left unfinished and high importance is attached to women keeping a “proper” household. In addition, the time period is in the early…

Ever since the beginning, slavery has always been a growing conflict in the United States. However in the 1800s, it became such a problem that it nearly separated the whole country. Those that lived in southern states believed that they had the rights to own slaves. They argued that the slavery made up a fairly large part of their economy because slave labor was cheap. This is why many of the big time planters were rich. Also, they felt African Americans were unfit to survive on their own.…

In The Jury of Her Peers, a woman's identity in the early 20th century centers around her housekeeping, cooking, sewing, and, thanks to men's constant belittling, little else. The story begins with Mr. and Mrs. Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Peters, and the county attorney entering and searching the Wrights' house. Mrs. Wright is suspected of killing her husband, and while the men are uncovering evidence of the crime, the women fetch Mrs. Wright some clothes to bring to her in jail. As the county attorney…

All The Small Things John Wooden once said that “It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” In the one act play “Trifles” Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters find small details that all point toward the something big that happened: a murder. While it may seem more convenient to look for the big clues, sometimes the answer lies in the intricate details like those of the quilt and the bird’s death. Had these seemingly insignificant details been focused on, the murderer…

In august 1916 there was a play acted on the wharf theater by the Provincetown players that play is called trifles it is written by Susan Glaspell. Glaspell even played as one of the characters in the play she was Mrs. Hale. Today I’m going to write a critical analysis of an extract from that play. Critical analysis of anything is really important because it helps us to understand more and more about the play and things that we might not notice because there are always secret irony and secret…

A Comparison of Ivan Denisovich and The Narrative of Frederick Douglass The pieces One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (ODIL) and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass texts that were published over a century apart and written under different circumstances. However, the stories that these Solzhenitsyn and Douglass tell in these books are very similar: ODIL presents a slice of the life of an everyman, Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, who has been sentenced to ten years in a Soviet labour camp,…

of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) has influenced the development of architecture and modern graphic design in immense and subtle ways. Frank Lloyd Wright should be given more credit for his influence on graphic design not only from his several digital designs but through his fine arts work as well, because of his unique style of experimenting with nature in his design and architectural background. His creative style brings life to the straightest, strong, and bold structures. Frank Lloyd Wright…