THEA112G SEC7 Northern Oklahoma College Trifles by Susan Glaspell Paper

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Read the play: http://www.one-act-plays.com/dramas/trifles.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.You can watch it here:
Trifiles Large 540p (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

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or here:
Trifles by Susan Glaspell, a d’moiselles production in NYC (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

1) a 2 page PLOT SUMMARY of Trifles
2)
a 2 page HISTORICAL CONTEXT PAPER exploring the time period and
region when the play is set. What kinds of technology did they have?
How was the economy? The government? Religion? What did most people
there and then do for work? Did men and women work outside of the home?
How were women treated? What was the role of children? Etc.
3) 2
pictures each (or paintings or drawings, just some kind of visual images
of) the Wright’s home, Mr. Wrights, and Mrs. Wright. A total of 6
images
4) Write the PREVIOUS ACTION script. You will write a
script for how you believe the death of John Wright occurred. There are
no rules other than you must format it correctly like a script and by
the end of it, John Wright’s body must be in his bed and obviously
strangled. 3 pages, use the playscript format:
Playwriting Manuscript Format (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
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www.scholor.google.com (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.Wikipedia cannot be used as a scholarly source BUT you can sometimesstart there and then verify that information on other sites. Don’t forget that at the bottom of well-written articles on Wikipedia you will find a list of links to outside sources which should help you on your journey to fact verification.

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