Susan Bordo

Helter Skelter During the 1960s one of the most deranged American criminals of all time, Charles Manson, created a cult in the desert of California known as the Mason Family. Manson brainwashed his followers to believe Beatles songs like Helter Skelter warned of a coming race war between black and whites. Manson wanted to jump start the race war by sending his followers out to kill wealthy white people in the Hollywood area. Manson wanted the murders to look like blacks killed the white victims.…

Susan Glaspell is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who composed the play “Trifles” in 1916. The play was centered around the death of Mr. Wright who was strangled to death with a rope in his farmhouse. As Mr. Hale, Mr. Peters, and the county attorney seek to find evidence to convict Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters utilize what the men refer to as “trifles” to conduct an investigation while packing necessities to keep Mrs. Wright company while she is in jail. From my…

What could possibly drive a woman all the way to the point of murder? In “A Rose for Emily,” a short story by William Faulkner, and Trifles, a play by Susan Glaspell, the reader sees two stories in which this happens. In both of these stories, the protagonist is a woman, and both kill the men in their life. In Trifles, Mrs. Wright kills her husband while Emily kills her boyfriend in “A Rose for Emily.” Both of these stories take place from the third person point of view and are re-told in the…

not follow how it used to be long time ago. The reader will know that symbol is important in the story and get a more of an understanding behind what it means. Symbolism is used in both the Jury and Lottery, but Jury is more effective. In “Jury”, Susan Glaspell uses the canary and the bird cage as important symbolism that has important meaning behind them. The canary…

scene the person must be very careful and pay attention to every detail. By making incorrect presumptions and miscalculating the importance of information can lead to a faulty verdict or conviction. When analyzing the setting of Trifles written by Susan Glaspell, we will discover how it gave away the murderer. One significant clue in the setting that helps to identify the murder is the “dead bird”. The “dead bird” is the piece evidence that reveals Mrs. Wright’s motive. Her bird had a broken…

The play “Trifles” was written by playwright and actress, Susan Glaspell, and was first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on August 8, 1916. The setting of the play is in the house of Mr. and Mrs. Wright and opens with three men and two women entering it. There is uncompleted housework everywhere and it is obvious that someone left in a hurry or was taken unexpectedly. Among the three men are one of Mr. Wright’s neighbors, Mr. Hale, the…

Symbolism in Trifles Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles occurs during the investigation of John Wright’s murder. The primary suspect of the murder is John Wright’s wife, Minnie. The County Attorney and the Sheriff, Mr. Peters, work to find a motive for the murder in the Wright’s house. Neighbors of the Wright’s, Mr. and Mrs. Hale also help with the investigation. While the men look through the house for any sign of a motive, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale conduct their own investigation in the…

"With great power comes great responsibility." Probably one of the most notorious line in the blockbuster movie, Spider-Man. In This American Life, "Episode 318: With Great Power" Ira Glass tells the story of his two friends who had this incredible power to change the life of people. The power to save someone from pain and suffering. Ira tells these stories through the different perspectives of Alex Kotlowitz and Shalom Auslander. In the beginning of this interview the story centered around…

Peace and Quit The play Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell is based off a true murder that happened in 1900 in Warren county, Iowa. The true cold case, just like the play, used symbolism to reveal the motive and killer. Throughout, three specific characteristics within the house uncover the truth behind Mr. Wright’s death. The symbolism that Glaspell used creates a mystery that can only be solved if every line is read. Mrs. Wrights quilt, dirty kitchen, and dead song bird all guide the reader…

The book I read was Edgewater by Courtney Sheinmel. It has 317 pages. The main characters are Lorrie Hollander, her sister Susannah, their aunt Gigi, Lennox, and Charlie Copeland. The story takes place in Idlewild, New York. The main conficlict is that Lorrie and her sister are completely out of money and all traces of their trust fund were completely erased. Lorrie i stelling the story. The first day of every month, Lorrie's mother transfers money into her daughters trust fund, enough to…