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by Susan Glaspell

Susan Glaspell wrote Trifles in 1916, basing this brief, one-act play on the murder of the sixty-year-old John Hossack, which she had covered extensively during her stint as a journalist with the Des Moines Daily News after her graduation from Drake University. She traveled to the scene of the crime…

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Trifles questions ??
Posted by john s #238185
Last updated by: lance w #238201 on Mar 20, 2012 9:54 PM
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What do you perceive the roles of Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale to be at different parts of the play?Sa
Posted by denese s #236911
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 14, 2012 5:30 PM
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what type of literature is Trifles?
Posted by jessica r #230933
Last updated by: Aslan on Feb 16, 2012 3:08 PM
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what are some examples of the men patronizing the women in the play of trifles?
Posted by shalisa f #229601
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Feb 14, 2012 5:47 PM
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Great Feminist Play
Posted by coco s #17435
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 13, 2011 2:10 PM
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Who is the foil in Trifle
Posted by margaret l #184281
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 06, 2011 9:27 AM
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Why do the men fail to see the clues that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover?
Posted by brittaney h #217807
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 05, 2011 4:51 AM
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What does Mr. Hale report to the county Attorney in his extended narrative?
Posted by markeasha w #217687
Last updated by: markeasha w #217687 on Dec 04, 2011 4:03 PM
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Critically analyze the character of Minnie Foster/Mrs. Wright in Susan Glaspell’s Trifles
Posted by hasthiraja #213943
Last updated by: hasthiraja #213943 on Nov 17, 2011 8:07 AM
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why does mrs. wright kills her husband in trifles?
Posted by tazhan k #169355
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Nov 16, 2011 8:17 PM
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Nov 13, 2011 9:04 AM
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Trifles - The setting of the play interm of time and place is crutial to the development of its central theme. Discuss with reference to a play you have studied in this course.
Posted by normah z #201391
Last updated by: normah z #201391 on Sep 21, 2011 2:26 AM
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How does Mrs. Wright respond when Mr. Hale asks, " who did this, mrs. wright?"
Posted by meghan r #197855
Last updated by: meghan r #197855 on Aug 30, 2011 8:59 PM
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Trifles play
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