William Lloyd Garrison

“The sun used to be yellow once,” Aunty said. “Do any of you lot remember when it was yellow?” Franchette looked unwell. Her hands were never far from her face. “I'm not sure. Perhaps.” Aunty leaned forward in her chair, sticking her chin out and gazing about her, to make it clear to everyone she was about to address them all. “That's why the sun was always painted as yellow, you know?” Stella looked around the faces and nodded her head. “And when you see it these days it's white!” Michael…

After a conversation where Hale explains what he encountered when he entered the home the previous morning, the County Attorney wants to get started with the investigation of the crime scene. The County Attorney says after looking around “I guess we’ll go upstairs first – and then out to the barn and around there.” This is the first verbal inference about the County Attorney’s chauvinistic feelings. He is thinking along more of a man’s self importance not stopping to think about this is where a…

In the texts Trifles and “A Jury Of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell we go through the story with The Sheriff, County Attorney, Hale, Mrs.Hale and more. While Trifles and “A Jury Of Her Peers” have many similarities they also have some differences. The texts by Susan Glaspell are comparable in many ways the author, for example, wrote both texts and the plot is the same for both. The characters are the same in both texts “ ‘By the way,’ he said, ‘has anything been moved?’ He turned to the sheriff.…

In the murder case of A Jury Of Her Peers written by Susan Glaspell, Mrs. Wright stolidly tells Mr. Hale and Mr. Peters that her spouse is dead. The men along with their wives work together to solve the murder of Mr. Wright. Although Mrs. Wright does not initially appear capable of murder, Mrs. Peters and Mr. Hale conclude she strangled her husband as evidenced by the crazily sewn quilt patch, the unhinged bird cage, and the mutilated canary. First, the quilt patch was much messier than Mrs.…

When I saw the title of Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” the first thing I expected was a court case that would take place with a real jury consisting of a woman’s peers. However, this story was actually about two women, their husbands, and a county attorney searching a house to attempt to figure out a murder case. While the men attempt to figure out the how the women secretly learn why. As the women walk around the kitchen, they discover half-completed task after task. They find…

Secondarily, the use of symbolism can been seen throughout the drama as well to create meaning and emotion. The use of symbolism by Glaspell is very important in understanding the concept of the Wrights marriage and lack of women's rights during the time. The major symbols throughout Trifles are the canary, the cage, and the knotted pattern on the unfinished quilt. It is rather obvious the canary is Minnie Foster before she married her husband, the very controlling and secluded, John Wright. Mrs…

Trifles is an exciting drama told back in the early 1900s. The play begins after Mrs. Wrights husband has been found strangled in his house. The neighboring farmer and local sheriff arrive to investigate. Mrs. Hale is the wife of the neighboring farmer that arrives. Mrs. Hale was use to dealing with sexism, and had a strong independent air about her. With grace she wasn’t afraid to bark back at the men, even though she did so respectfully, and in her own quaint little way. When she says to the…

Susan Glaspell Wrote Trifles to open a controversial subject that was over looked by society during the 1900s; the repression of women, which is depicted throughout the play. Glaspell use of stereotypes, and symbols to distinguish the roles of genders during the period the play was written in. The female characters in the Trifles are the main victims to stereotypical implication of how society viewed women. The drama shows that women were seen as inferior and even a 2nd class citizens compared…

In Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury Of Her Peers,” Mr. Wright is found dead in his home, strangled by rope, and his murder framed as if his wife, Mrs. Wright is not involved in any way. His neighbor, Mrs. Hale, and the sheriff’s wife, Mrs. Peters, go over to help search for cues to help solve the case. The main goal of the men is to convict Mrs. Wright, commonly referred to as Minnie Foster in the past, of murdering her husband Mr. Wright. The lawyer assisting in the search says if they can find any…

In the academic article Twelve Good Men or Two Good Women: Concepts of Law and Justice in Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers." Mary M. Bendel-Simso defines the short story’s primary issue as the lack of empathy considered in the justice system used to try to convict Minnie Wright. She argues that the story’s justice system is unjust because of the lack of representation of women in the system, the lack of consideration for Mrs. Wright’s side of the story, and the overall absence of empathy…