Reference no: EM133261801
The following one-act play is reprinted from Trifles. Susan Glaspell. New York: Frank Shay, 1916.
You need to respond to each of the paragraph development questions and scaffolding that we reviewed in class in preparation for the practice. Work through these sentence by sentence you're your paragraph: What is a word picture called? (Definition) Describe the image in both quotations. What is something that represents a person or idea based on its context called? (Definition) What thing symbolizes Minnie Foster in this image? What is a comparison between things and actions based on their likeness called? (Definition) What is metaphorically like Mr. Wright wringing the neck of Minnie Foster's spirit and killing it?
through these sentence by sentence you're your paragraph: What is a word picture called? Describe the image in both quotations. What is something that represents a person or idea based on its context called? What thing symbolizes female power? What thing symbolizes male power? What is a comparison between things and actions based on their likeness called? What is metaphorically like Mrs. Wright using a yonic object instead of a phallic object to kill her husband? What is an object that resembles a vagina, or the female reproductive system called? What is the yonic object? What is an object that resembles a penis called? What is the phallic object?
TRIFLES
Respond to each of the following. Each response should be a fully developed paragraph. 1) Each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence that answers the question. 2) This should be followed by a quotation. Be sure to introduce your quotation and use parenthetical citation to show the page from which the quotation was taken. 3) You quotation should be followed by an analysis of the excerpt that reflects the study questions discussed in class. Note: Images, symbols and metaphors must be properly defined and identified in each response.
What does Mr. Wright do to Minnie Foster's spirit after he marries her?
Mrs. Hale - I suppose she felt she couldn't do her part, and then you don't enjoy things when you feel shabby. She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively, when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls singing in the choir.
2. Who creates a female symbol of power when she uses the rope instead of the gun to kill her husband?