Writing Workshop: Exploring Argument — Unit test

Question 15 • RMA FL-1001370-English 3 Semester 1

Which excerpt from part one of Trifles contains a stage direction that contributes to the character development of Mrs. Hale?

Answer

MRS. HALE (shaking her head). I’ve not seen much of her of late years. I’ve not been in this house—it’s more than a year.

MRS. HALE (looking about). It never seemed a very cheerful place.

MRS. HALE. I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing. (She arranges the pans under sink which the Lawyer had shoved out of place.)

MRS. HALE (eyes fixed on a loaf of bread beside the breadbox, which is on a low shelf at the other side of the room. Moves slowly toward it.) She was going to put this in there.

Explanation

In C, Mrs. Hale’s stage direction shows her arranging the pans after the Lawyer has shoved them out of place. This action develops her character by showing that she cares about the kitchen and objects to the men’s disrespectful treatment of it. The other directions mainly describe her movements or where she looks.

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