Lloyd Wright

Part III: Thematic Analysis (4 points each = 16%) A thematic analysis is when you take a larger concept or term and use it to notice patterns appearing throughout a text. For this section, select four of the following themes and apply each one to one of the texts (you must use each text at least once). Make sure you reference two specific examples in each response. Each response should be about 3-5 sentences. 1. Revenge: Revenge is a very prominent theme throughout the novel The Snowman. For…

local farmer, John Wright, is found with a rope around his neck, dead in his own home. In Susan Glaspell’s one-act play, Trifles, the characters are hard-pressed to discover a motive behind the murder of Mr. Wright. His wife, Mrs. Wright, is a prime suspect in the case. While the men search the house for clues, the women linger in the kitchen. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale are able to slowly piece together a possible motive when they take into consideration the fact that John Wright was a hard man,…

Attorney tries to belittle Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Hale has a…

In the early 1900's, the men seemed to rule the world while women had the job of being a good housewife, but Mrs. Wright changed that. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters notice many details that seem peculiar: how the sewing on one block of the quilt is askew, the damaged birdcage under the cupboard, and the deceased animal in a box wrapped in silk. In "Trifles,” Susan Glaspell challenges the idea that women are inferior to men through the use irony, detailed imagery, and symbols. Irony is used to show…

“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell is the home of a very dark mystery. A man by the name of Mr. Wright, who was the husband of Mrs. Wright, is found dead in his bed. The sheriff and a detective investigate the crime scene and integrate Mrs. Wright but she said that he was strangled in his sleep by a rope. As the women look around the house they see that the house is full of clues and hints as to what happened to Mr. Wright, such as a towel left on the counter, a loaf of moldy bread sitting outside the…

each other no matter the predicament. The conflicts of the story surround Minnie Wright, who is in jail on suspicion that she murdered her husband by strangling him. The story is told discursively through Martha Hale whose husband discovered the body of John Wright, Minnie Wright’s husband. In the story, readers are given background information about Minnie, but the story also implies how her life is now. Minnie Wright lived alone with her husband and canary. Susan Glaspell uses three literary…

men expect the ladies to be talking about such another insignificant trifle, but the reader know that what was just mentioned was the opposite of their expectations. The ladies were action talking about something that connects to the murder of Mr. Wright. This connects to the theme…

bird in the cage demonstrates how trapped she feels. However, the situation is taken one step further. Her husband strangled the bird, representing how he took the joy out of her, and stopped her from singing (literally), as Mrs. Hale explained. “No, Wright wouldn’t like the bird… a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that too” (11).Also, she comes to strangle her husband just as he strangled her bird, creating a grotesque, karmic “circle of life”. Another similar symbol was her fruit…

Minnie Wright, whose presence is unseen throughout the whole time, in "Trifles", which is the story of a woman who seems to have lost control of her emotions and murders her abusive husband. I believe her intention for murder goes far beyond the killing of her bird. The canary in the story is so much more than just a symbol. Minnie was known for her huge change after she gets married to her husband, John Wright. Apparently back in her youth, Minnie was a woman…

threshold,” (Glaspell) as a result of her never having visited her, Minnie Wright, in twenty years. As a result, this shows that the women are not bonded socially or emotionally, as they are mere acquaintances. Regardless of their lack of bonding, the women still protected and supported one another. While the men were left thinking that the women were only interested in frivolous matters, such as the quilt that Minnie Wright was working on, though these minor details, such as the inconsistent…