Writing Prompt:
How do the notions of justice and perspective intertwine or coll
Writing Prompt:
How do the notions of justice and perspective intertwine or collide in the play Trifles? Please examine these ideas while analyzing three or more literary elements (plot, character, theme, setting, and dialogue) within the play.
For this essay, you must use at least 3 sources from BCCC’s Subscription Databases. In addition, your essay must be 3 to 5 pages in length.
I have attached approved work cited page with the sources you must use.
Who was Susan Glaspell?
https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~fliotsos/b/b/Glaspell,_Susan.htmlLinks to an external site.
Please review the following links and YouTube video for additional clarification for writing a Literary Analysis
https://www.germanna.edu/wp-content/uploads/tutoring/handouts/Literary-Analysis-Sample-Paper.pdfLinks to an external site.
https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/drama/Links to an external site.
Please upload a well written, thoughtful, and informed STRONG Thesis Statement and Introductory Paragraph for your Literary Analysis.
Please review the instructions for your Literary Analysis/Final Paper.
Literary Analysis/Final Paper
Sample Thesis Statements for a Literary Analysis:
Susan Glaspell’s Trifles, is a compelling and powerful example of how men and women sometimes have different views of fairness and justice based on their own personal perspectives, experiences, and observations, and their ability “to walk in the same shoes” of others.
Trifles, exemplifies the idea of justice and how that varies between men and women because of different viewpoints which arise from social norms, personal beliefs, and experiences.
The role that justice and perspective has in the play titled Trifles, is influenced by the way in which the parties involved are able to understand, relate, and judge the presented case, and these factors rest on their personal beliefs and understanding of morality.
Other Sample Thesis Statements and Instructions on how to write a Thesis Statement for literature:
http://www.bua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/UWC-Literary-Analysis-Thesis-Statements.pdfLinks to an external site.
https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/thesis-statements/Links to an external site.
https://wac.colostate.edu/resources/writing/guides/lit-thesis/Links to an external site.
You may begin your Introductory Paragraph in one of the 4 ways listed below:
A quote from a famous person or from one of your sources or from the play
A statistic or fact from one of you sources
A definition of a key term
A brief background story or explanation
Sample Introduction and Thesis Statements
Sample # 1
Trifles, a short play by Susan Glaspell, highlights the oppression of women’s rights and treatment during the early 1900s. The county attorney says, “No—it’s not cheerful. I shouldn’t say she had the homemaking instinct.” Glaspell uses this sexist quote to set the tone and perspective for the play. Three men and two women arrive at a gloomy, dark, and deserted farmhouse to investigate a murder and pack belongings for the accused murderer Mrs. Wright. During the investigation, the men leave the women in the kitchen because they assumed that the women were of no importance to the case or finding the motive. They believe women can only be worth the work of their house duties. The women are left in the kitchen to dwell on Mrs. Wright’s life and by coincidence find the motive for the murder and decide how justice should be served. The women find a broken bird cage, a quilt sewed “ queer” and a dead canary that reflected on the trauma that happened in Mrs. Wright life. In Trifles, Sarah Glaspell collides justice and perspective from different viewpoints of men and women, the sisterhood of understanding loneliness and confinement, and symbolism of specific everyday items to illustrate notions of fairness.-thesis statement
Sample # 2
Sometimes the most obvious is the most inconspicuous. A New York Times review of the play Trifles reads “What initially feels foolish could, on reflection, prove to be more powerful, and what is frustrating may later gel into something intriguing”(JaworowskiLinks to an external site.). The author illustrates this in the play Trifles. The setting is used to reflect what Mrs. Wright’s life was like in her house every day. The author uses symbolism to create connections between the characters’ perspective and the audience. Through the dialogue between the male and female characters, the author gives the reader a glimpse into the dynamics of what women during this time period experienced with their men. Furthermore, in the end, we see the notions of justice and perspective collide when the two women decide to hide the evidence as a symbol of them protecting Mrs. Wright in that moment, which they did not do in the past.-thesis statement
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