Essays Tagged: "County attorney"
The theme of Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers".
hinking, the men in the story believe the two women cannot be of any help. This is evident when the county attorney asks, "Would the women know a clue if they did come upon it?" (Glaspell 193). Yet, i ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"Story and Structure" by Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson.
, John Wright, who is murdered; his wife is arrested for the murder. The next day, the sheriff, the county attorney, the sheriff's wife, and a neighbor couple go to the Wrights'house. The women are th ... asy to see the women's increasing discontent with the men's remarks throughout the story. After the county attorney rummages through the kitchen Martha Hales says, "I'd hate to have men comin' into my ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
"Feminism" - How the role of women has changed over the last 100 years. (Includes Works Cited)
ames of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters lived in a small town where a murder had just occurred. While the county attorney and the sheriff try and look for clues around the house and try to figure out who to ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Trifles By Glaspell
stuck up against the more powerful man.Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters hide evidence from the sheriff and county attorney. This evidence was a dead bird that was hidden in a red box, and appears to have bee ... ecause she sympathizes with the female and not the male.They hide the bird from the sheriff and the county attorney because they know it is the only incriminating evidence that can be held against Mrs ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Jury Of Her Peers
His wife is arrested for the murder with the story beginning the following day as the sheriff, the county attorney, the sheriff's wife, and a neighbor couple return to the Wrights' house. The women a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Women's Trifles Solve Mystery
ly part of the house seen on stage is the kitchen. Throughout the whole play, George Henderson, the county attorney; Henry Peters, the sheriff; and Lewis Hale, a neighboring farmer, spend their time a ... s tells them that Mrs. Wright used to worry about her preserves freezing and the jars breaking. The county attorney suggests that when they are through investigating perhaps Mrs. Wright will "have som ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Trifles by susan glaspell
Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, are at the scene of the murder of John Wright. The women accompanied the County Attorney, the Sheriff, and Mr. Hale to the house. Mr. Hale describes everything that he saw t ... Minnie and the attention he paid to the house perhaps forced Minnie to resort to killing. Even the County Attorney, Sheriff, and Mr. Hale could not understand all the difficulties women go through. T ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
Limitations of Women In the play Trifles, written by Susan
nstairs and gather some things that Mrs. Wright had asked for, since she is being held in jail. The County Attorney was looking at the cupboard and opened the door. He stuck his hand into the cupboard ... cupboard and opened the door. He stuck his hand into the cupboard and removed his hand sticky. The County Attorney then states ?here?s a nice mess? (Glaspell 954). Mrs. Peters discovers that Mrs. Wri ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Susan Glaspell's "Trifles"
place in the Wright's home and we learn that Mrs. Wright has recentlybeen put in jail. The Sheriff, County Attorney and Mr. Hale begin to search the house forevidence; they bring along Mrs. Hale and M ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
Trifles Plot
tchen in an old farmhouse, the kitchen was in total disarray. The Sheriff comes in, followed by the county Attorney and Hale. They are followed in by two women. One is the Sheriff's Wife and the other ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American