Trifles

brutality as he murders Carew. “And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane, and carrying on like a madman. The old gentleman took a step back, with the air of one very much surprised and a trifle hurt; and at that Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth. And next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered…

“What do you mean?” Cross asked the man as he looked to see if Galius wore or held in his hand something that this man might want but he saw nothing unusual about his friend. Ignoring Cross, the stranger continued his conversation with Galius. “I’m sure you won’t understand how you will die, however, you do have the right to know why. I, Galius, am a collector of souls and your soul is the quintessence of the fifth and highest element after the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water, and…

Rigorous, ruthless, and rocky journeys were a normality for knights. However, many of those knights did not live up to the standard that Sir Gawain did. Evidently, Sir Gawain possessed three important traits that many lacked: chivalry, valiancy, and the ability to be humble. Throughout the poetic story, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain, is led to putting his life on the line due to a deadly dare, through crossing epic portions of land, testing his faithfulness in a love affair, and…

virtue affects different scenarios or parts of a person’s life. Similarly, it emphasizes the practicality of the virtues by presenting the different areas in which the virtues will aid a man in their life. That tranquility means to not be affected “at trifle, or at accidents” or that temperance is the idea that man shall “eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.” Furthermore, Franklin logically deduces the most effective chronological ordering of acquiring the “habitude of all these…

That being said, divorce is not an easy choice that can just easily be made, it’s a process of understanding that you could actually hurt your own family if not handled correctly. Divorcing your spouse in general is not something that should be trifle with such a light attitude that our society continues to show every single day. This is a problem that is not only been silence and reprimanded by religious advocates but rather being normalized as a behavior for the children. Therefore because of…

Lewis coined the term culture of poverty in 1961in his book 'The Children of Sanchez'. The phrase "culture of poverty" was used in the 1960's. To describe culture of poverty among the urban black families: "were perceived as people living in a self-perpetuated cycle of welfare, unwed motherland and poverty" (Hawker Ed Cohen 2012: 101). The word was largely discredited as assigning blame to people for causing their misfortune. Is there anything like a culture of poverty or anything as such? To…

11 - 19 - 15 Powerful Beverages Influence Human History Rum, coffee and tea are a crucial part of human history. There is very little written in most school history books about the tremendous influence these drinks have had on population, power, culture and technology. However, A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage describes the huge contribution these three drinks have had in our history. Rum, coffee and tea significantly contributed to the shift in power in the world at…

In Willa Cather’s novel entitled My Antonia, she writes about several female characters that, in essence, challenge the stereotypical women’s role in a male-dominated society during the early 1900s. In Trifles, a play written by Susan Glaspell, she depicts her female characters as crafty and bright and not simply inferior intellectually to their male counterparts. Upon closer examination of these two pieces of work, Cather and Glaspell demonstrate that these female characters defy the existing…

The Lady with the Lamp The air is putrid; the moans of dying soldiers fill the room, the ground on which they lay upon— cold and wet. When it seems like there is no hope for survival, a faint light appears in the distance. The light that heals wounds and cares for the soldiers like no other— the light of “The Angel of the Crimea” (“Florence Nightingale” Bio) or popularly know as Florence Nightingale. Born into a rich British family, Nightingale strayed from her promising future of wealth and…

The witches are working for the dark side, and Banquo even warns Macbeth that these creatures are not to be trusted, “But ’tis strange:/ And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,/ The instruments of darkness tell us truths,/ Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s/ In deepest consequence” (I. iii. 122-126). The witches speak in double- talk to deceive people, and they are shown to be untrustworthy. When the witches greet Macbeth in Act I, they hail him as Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King…