The True Story behind Trifles

Question 1

What is a key similarity or difference between these accounts? Both accounts provide evidence that the woman feels uncomfortable in jail and misses domestic items from her home.In the play, characters are sympathetic toward the jailed woman. In the article, most people are against the jailed woman.In the play, the jailed woman is concerned about domestic matters. In the article, the woman worries her family’s opinions.

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In the play, characters are sympathetic toward the jailed woman. In the article, most people are against the jailed woman.

Question 2

Trifles differs from the primary source article mainly because it attempts to convey

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the idea that men were not generally judged by how well they treated their wives.

Question 3

How does Glaspell’s purpose differ in the two accounts? In the play, she wants to

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explore how women respond to the suspect, while in the article she wants to show who supports the woman and who does not.

Question 4

contain(s) an objective description of the murder victim.

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Passage 2: “Indicted Her for Murder”

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