I, Robot Vs. Frankenstein

I, Robot vs. Frankenstein
In the 19th century Mary Shelley introduced us her first and unique novel Frankenstein. Almost 200
years later director Alex Proyas released his new blockbuster I, Robot based on the homonymous
short story by Isaac Asimov. Both stories tell the viewer a fiction about creatures produced by
human beings. These creatures feel itself as a stranger in the society and misunderstood. But even if
the stories have the same beginning they are presented in a different way. So the question is: Is the
movie I, robot the Frankenstein of the 21st century?
The future world of I, Robot is introduced to the audience through the eyes of Detective Del
Spooner (Will Smith). Before he experienced a tragedy, he used to be a normal person, but now he
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Few days later Frankenstein's younger brother is found dead. Frankenstein knows right away that
properly the monster has murder his brother. So he goes to look for him. When he finds him, he
noticed that the monster is now able to talk. The creature tells him that he learned to talk when he
watched one family, but when he comes closer to the family and want to be their friend they chase
him away. And so does everybody. He feels so lonesome and alone, that he wants Frankenstein to
create a girlfriend for him so he is no lonely anymore. As a result he may have then somebody to
talk to. In return the monster would turn his back to the human race. Consequently Frankenstein
creates a female mate for the monster, but when he is almost through the work he is suddenly
overwhelmed with fear that the monster and his mate will spawn more monsters and destroy the
human race. So he destroys the female. Thereupon the creature murders Frankenstein's fiancée.
So it is seen that Frankenstein's experience with science and technology to satisfy his curiosity if it
would be possible to animate a dead person scared him. This unites Dr. Lanning and Frankenstein in
some way, because he also wanted to satisfy his curiosity. But there is also a big difference, Lanning
wanted to invent something for humanity, to help them, to fulfill their needs. In contrast
Frankenstein just seems to be curious about figuring out whether it would be possible to animate a
dead
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Summary Of Girl Advocacy Again By Susan Minot
Adolescent girls go to extremes to make their body fit the image that they desire and some girls do
things that they don't always want, because they believe that they will look bad in the eyes of others
if they don't. Girls change the way their bodies look because they feel like they have a standard that
they must meet and they won't be attractive if they don't (Brumberg 66). Some girls have sex
because they don't know how to tell a boy no. They feel like they won't be wanted or looked down
upon if they refuse even though it isn't what they want. Susan Minot says in her story "Lust", "So I'd
go because I couldn't think of something to say back that wouldn't be obvious, and if you go out
with them, you sort of have to do something (90)." Girls feel the need to fit a mold that is presented
to them, at the expense of their body and peace of mind. This could be due to psychological issues
and Joan Jacobs Brumberg, author of, "Girl Advocacy Again," claims that this is a complicated point
in history for women. They are maturing at a younger age and in a culture where entertainment,
media, and peers influence their sexual choices more than their own family (67). Minot's story gives
a firsthand view of what it is like to be an adolescent girl that appearingly has had little sexual
guidance, much like the girls Brumberg analyzes (88). ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
When it comes to sex, girls that sleep around more always get more attention from guys, even
though it isn't all positive. A girl who decides to wait until marriage and doesn't fit the ideal body
type, will more often than not get the least attention of them all. Girls feel like they must conform
otherwise they won't be attractive even though the girls who do sleep around and have the ideal
body often have the most psychological issues (Brumberg

Essay on Sacrifices in Susan Glaspell's Trifles
Sacrifices in Trifles
When a woman marries she is expected to give up her family, her last name, and her virginity. In
other words she is expected to give up the life she knew. Susan Glaspell's play Trifles tells the story
of a woman that gave up her all to please society and her husband. The story examines a woman
who sacrificed her tranquility, her talents, and her individuality. In the end, the woman even gave up
her freedom.
A person's home should be more than a place to shelter them from the elements. It should be a place
where one could express him/her self freely and not have to worry about any harm coming to them.
In the play Trifles Mrs. Wright lived in a house that was anything but calm. In block eleven, ... Show
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Like a raw wind that gets to the bone."(Glaspell B: 22, L: 1)
In modern times one would substitute the expression "hard man" with something along the line of
"jerk". Mr. Wright was a jerk and as a result of that he made the lives of everyone one around him
miserable. Who want to be miserable? No one does. That is why no one liked to visit. "I could've
come. I stayed away because it weren't cheerful –– and that's why I ought to have come. I –– I've
never liked this place. Maybe because it's down in a hollow and you don't see the road. I dunno what
it is, but it's a lonesome place and always was. I wish I had come over to see Minnie Foster
sometimes. I can see now " said Mrs. Hale. (Glaspell B: 21, L: 3) With hardly any company over
and no children around the house Mrs. Wright must have been awfully lonely. Living alone with a
man that mistreated her and suppressed all her individuality and talents must have been hellish.
When suppressing one's talents the effects are that it deprives them at what they are good at. As a
result of that it makes them feel like they are worthless and not good at anything. That is what Mr.
Wright did to his wife; he killed her self–esteem so that she would think that the only thing good in
her life was he, when in actuality the only thing wrong in her life was her husband. She was no
longer Minnie Foster. She was now a sad housewife only known as Mrs. Wright – quite a departure
from her days as a youth. She

The House On A Rainy Day And Lucy
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie are four siblings sent to live in the country with the
eccentric Professor Kirke during World War II. The children explore the house on a rainy day and
Lucy, the youngest, finds an enormous wardrobe. Lucy steps inside and finds herself in a strange,
snowy wood. Lucy encounters the Faun Tumnus, who is surprised to meet a human girl. Tumnus
tells Lucy that she has entered Narnia, a different world. Tumnus invites Lucy to tea, and she
accepts. Lucy and Tumnus have a wonderful tea, but the faun bursts into tears and confesses that he
is a servant of the evil White Witch. The Witch has enchanted Narnia so that it is always winter and
never Christmas. Tumnus explains that he has been enlisted to capture human beings. Lucy implores
Tumnus to release her, and he agrees.
Lucy exits Narnia and eagerly tells her siblings about her adventure in the wardrobe. They do not
believe her, however. Lucy 's siblings insist that Lucy was only gone for seconds and not for hours
as she claims. When the Pevensie children look in the back of the wardrobe they see that it is an
ordinary piece of furniture. Edmund teases Lucy mercilessly about her imaginary country until one
day when he sees her vanishing into the wardrobe. Edmund follows Lucy and finds himself in
Narnia as well. He does not see Lucy, and instead meets the White Witch that Tumnus told Lucy
about. The Witch Witch introduces herself to Edmund as the Queen of Narnia. The Witch feeds
Edmund

Personal Reflection
Heading into the first semester of college, many students do not know what passion of theirs they
want to pursue for the rest of their lives, let alone the steps to achieve a realistic way to follow it and
ideally make a living doing so. However, when I began my first year at Minot State University, I
knew I wanted to continue my journey in English, although, I did not know whether I wanted to lean
towards education or, in a perfect world, become the editor of a newspaper. Coincidentally, my
Honors' Community class' final project required choosing something to learn about, and simply,
learning about it. Since I had already known about English education, being that I had been taught
by them for more than a decade of my life, I chose to learn about the ins and outs of "Becoming an
Editor." Doing so, I not only learned more about being the editor of a newspaper, but I also related
more to the Honors' experience at MSU, reinforced my passions, and clarified my future. To begin, I
addressed the project from three perspectives: a book, the Red and Green, and the Minot Daily
News. First, I went to the MSU library and looked for recently–published books specifically about
editing newspapers. I found four possibilities, checked them out, and skimmed them to see if they
had the information I needed; only one book did so, Editing for Today's Newsroom by Carl Sessions
Stepp, but it was exactly what I needed, so I started to read. The next perspective I used was the
MSU

Lust By Susan Minot
It's much easier to openly express sexuality in this current era of social awareness and change. Many
people have been slowly accepting the idea of the reclamation of a woman's body, possibly due to
the wide representation in contemporary media. However, this still seems like a radical idea to
others. Susan Minot's "Lust" describes a time when society was near the beginning of sexual
liberation. On one spectrum, there is the narrator– a teenage girl attending boarding school,
exploring her sexuality by having all of these experiences with different boys. On the other spectrum
is the narrator's house mother, who's only been with one man her entire life. It's implied that she
believes the sole purpose of sex is to deliver babies. These two ... Show more content on
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Only giving the names of the boys that she's encountered implies that she places more value on them
than herself and that the focus on her relationships was mainly on the boy she was with at the time.
However, the way she described what she did with these boys made it seem like they didn 't matter
at all. From an outsider's point of view, it may appear as if the men are in control. From an
introspective view, she was simply using them for her own personal reasons. The narrator describes
her early experiences with boys in a brief, but telling paragraph (269). The brothers that lived next
door to her would mess with her by tying her ankles together and trapping her in rooms. They would
only stop when they got bored. Even back then, it seemed like boys had power over her. This can be
seen as an allusion to her male relationships now. Although her neighbors would bully her, she could
play whiffle ball just as well as they can. This proves that underneath the different societal treatment
of boys and girls, they 're the same– and should be regarded in the same way. As previously stated,
the list of her encounters in the beginning of story are not descriptive at all. There is no emotion
behind the words, which leads to the conclusion that she feels apathetic towards her sexual episodes.
It's clear that she's not doing these things for her own personal enjoyment. She could be doing this to

A Comparison of Feminism in Trifles and A Jury of Her...
Feminism in Trifles and A Jury of Her Peers
As a strong feminist, Susan Glaspell wrote "Trifles" and then translated it to a story called "A Jury
of Her Peers." These works express Glaspell's view of the way women were treated at the turn of the
century. Even though Glaspell is an acclaimed feminist, her story does not contain the traditional
feminist views of equal rights for both sexes. The short story and the play written by Susan Glaspell
are very much alike. The story takes place in an old country town in the early 1900's. Mr. Hale has
found his neighbor, John Wright, strangled upstairs in the Wrights' house with Minnie Wright, John's
wife, sitting calmly downstairs. With John Wright dead and his wife in jail, ... Show more content on
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"A Jury of Her Peers" is refers to the people who are judging Minnie Wright for her crime. In the
story, Mrs. Hale and the sheriff's wife, Mrs. Peters, are the peers whom the author is referring to and
who are judging Minnie Wright. These women know Mrs. Wright and their views of her are altered
by the fact that she is their neighbor and also a woman. The women feel sorry for Mrs. Wright
because her husband was emotionally abusive to her. They do not pay attention to the fact that she
did indeed kill someone. If Susan Glaspell had really wanted women to be treated just like men, she
would have written the story so that Minnie Wright had a normal trial. Minnie Wright should have
gotten a trial with a jury consisting of people who did not know her or anything about her past. To a
true feminist, equal rights are very important. A woman should be treated like a man regardless of
the crimes committed. When Minnie Wright killed her husband, the women thought that she had a
right to because she had been emotionally abused while she was married to her husband. That does
not mean that John Wright did not have a right to live. If the roles had been reversed, and it was
John Wright who killed Minnie Wright, then there would be no question that John Wright would
have been accused, prosecuted, and convicted. People would have said that there were no excuses
for what he did. Even the men would

Analysis of Lust, by Susan Minot Essay
"They turn casually to look at you, distracted, and get a mild distracted surprise, you're gone. Their
blank look tells you that the girl they were fucking is not there anymore. You seem to have
disappeared.(pg.263)" In Minot's story Lust you are play by play given the sequential events of a
fifteen year old girls sex life. As portrayed by her thoughts after sex in this passage the girl is overly
casual about the act of sex and years ahead of her time in her awareness of her actions. Minot's
unique way of revealing to the reader the wild excursions done by this young promiscuous
adolescent proves that she devalues the sacred act of sex. Furthermore, the manner in which the
author illustrates to the reader these acts symbolizes the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
When a child is forced to make decisions alone at such a young age their innocence is robbed from
them and their development is lead down a path which they are not yet ready for. Her actions are a
classic example of this and the path which she was lead down was paved with boy after boy.
Another factor in this was her role as a female. Her experience with her peers and her community
lead her to believe that females were to be permissive to the dominant male figure. The society she
lived in did not fully evolve towards the equality of men and women but was still following
traditional roles. She thought that the worst thing that anybody could be was a cock–teaser and so if
she flirted she felt that she had to be prepared to go through with it. She had such a lack of self
confidence that her urge to say no to a male would not even be considered. The fact that going on
birth control in her school was a joke and was compared to being given out like aspirin almost
publicized the act of sex. Being aware and safe in a school should be a priority but in her young
mind it acted as an invitation. The names Leo, Roger, Tim, Eben, Mack, Eddie, and Oliver were just
names on her list. These boys were used by her and she was used by them and the outlet

Lust Susan Minot Analysis
Wanting a connection and attention from others drives you to turn yourself into someone you may
not always like. Lust and sex dumb you down to feel good but eventually kill you off in mental
ways that you only crave it more. In "Lust" by Susan Minot, she develops her character not by
physical appearance, but by her relationships with other characters as well as her own actions and
feelings. She makes herself nameless and faceless, but gives us enough to understand her emotional
detachment. Her character explores many fun lustful relationships and sexual encounters but that
doesn't fill the hollow void of despair to find love that she has, making her more helpless and
distressed in search of a connection.
Her character is driven to these men for gratification. She seeks nothing else but satisfaction from
these men, to earn her way through to them, but can't help feeling lost in doing so. She admits to her
helplessness when she goes on about Philip, " For a long time, I had Phillip on the brain. The less
they notice you, the more you get them on the brain." This supports my argument that these men
want nothing but one thing from her and when they get it they forget her but she can't help to
emotionally tie herself to them and think about them more than she should. She's seeking a
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A parental love growing up really affects you once you're grown. Her character doesn't quite know
what love feels like because her, "Parents never really knew what was going on..." Her family is
uninvolved in what is going on with her which creates a great emotional distance. She holds them in
contempt for "... their naivete about who she is and what she does." So she no longer cares what they
have to say because now what they say is too late for her to accept, she becomes disinterested in

The Issue Of Animal Testing
In Regent Street in London's West End, a performance was staged in a Lush cosmetics store
window. In a revolutionary step towards the elimination of animal testing, artist and activist
Jacqueline Traide collaborated with Lush to present a disturbing display of the potential
circumstances of animal testing. Traide was dragged across the floor, had her mouth stretched open
with hooks, was force–fed, had 'scientists' give her injections, had her hair shaved off, and had
products tested on her skin and in her eyes–all to create a harsh display for potential people passing
by. This unsettling exhibit of something akin to torture was Lush's attempt to covey to their
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She defamiliarizes the usual photos of miserable and damaged animals by placing herself as the
subject of animal testing. By creating a spectacle of herself, she draws curiosity to viewers through
her unconventional manner of depicting animal testing. The viewer can only retreat to shock at
realizing that an actual person was suffering and struggling in response to the action of animal
testing. Although Sontag argues that avoiding the "spectacle" makes the purpose of the photo/exhibit
more effective, this may only apply to that of familiar exposure, such as war photos. The scenes
portrayed in the store window of Lush show novel forms of distress and torture. As Sontag point
out, the suffering presented in war photos produce more of a voyeuristic approach rather than a push
for change. Sontag states, "Perhaps the only people with the right to look at images of suffering of
this extreme order are those who could do something to alleviate it–or those who could learn from it.
The rest of us are voyeurs, whether we like it or not" (Sontag, 89). In Lush's campaign, the audience
definitely has an opportunity to remodel the system of cosmetics testing; they have the "right" to
witness Traide's discomfort since they can possibly evoke change–especially since Traide has
precisely prepared the audience for it. Traide's performance produces more of a discomfort rather
than voyeurism leaving people with

Analysis of Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles” Essay
The single act play "Trifles" is loosely based on the murder of a farmer in the state of Iowa in the
early nineteenth century, which Glaspell reported on while working as a journalist. The farmer's
wife was accused of the murder, and was initially convicted, but later acquitted. Literary analysts
note that Glaspell "approached the case like a detective" (Bryan and Wolf). More than a decade after
that incident, when she was a career writer, analysts describe, "in a span of ten days, Glaspell
composed a one–act play" being inspired from that real life murder event (Bryan and Wolf). In
"Trifles," while the county attorney and sheriff, along with Mr. Hale are investigating the murder of
Mr. Wright, the female companions Mrs. Hale and Mrs. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
In her marriage, Mrs. Wright did not have children and that made the place "a quite house" (1391).
This, along with her isolated surrounding atmosphere, made her feel lonelier. The place where Mrs.
Wright lives is not so pleasant, and as Mrs. Hale ponders, "may be because it's down in a hollow",
and no visibility of the people around (1391). Also, because of her marriage conditions, Minnie was
forced to alienate herself from meeting with other ladies. Because of her loneliness and her inherent
vivacious personality, she attached herself to the singing canary. Minnie suffocated in her marriage
with the imposing John Wright. The town knows John as a good man because "he didn't drink, and
kept his word," and also "paid his debts" (1391). However, he is not a very friendly person, nor easy
to get along with, and he is "like a raw wind that gets to the bone" because of his uncompassionate
relationships with people (1391). Mrs. Hale "doesn't think a place'd be any cheerfuller for John
Wright being in it" (1388). John was a very greedy and stringent person, as Mrs. Hale recalls,
"Wright was close," and that made Minnie to "kept so much to herself" (1389). Even the neighbor
Mr. Hale knows about John, as he tells the attorney, "what his wife wanted made (not) much
difference to John" (1386). It doesn't surprise Mrs. Hale why Minnie had the bird, because John is
"no

Summary Of The Stories ' Boys ' By Susan Minot
After reading the stories: "Boys" by Rick Moody, "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid, and "Lust" by Susan
Minot, I definitely became more open–minded. I began to analyze each story individually and
noticed that they are all told from different points of view, but in each story a female was the
narrator. "Lust", "Boy", and "Girl", while all three stories are told by a female narrator; each
narrator's voice concerns different stages of life. In Rick Moody's short story "Boy" his styles of
writing was very repetitive, putting emphasis on the word "boy" and the phrase "enter the house"
(238). The tone started off as neutral and unbiased, simply stating facts about the boys' lives. For
example, them playing baseball, and borrowing their sister's Barbie doll, etc. The tone began to
soften up as the story slowly became more emotional when the twins found out their sister was
diagnosed with cancer.
In Jamaica Kincaid's short story "Girls", the author also uses repetition within the writing. As the
narrator gives the girl a list of proper things a woman in their society should do, she occasionally
states, "like the slut (I know) you are bent on becoming..." (326). The narrator is attempting to help
the girl but also rebukes her at the same time. There are two sets of tones in this piece; the first being
the narrator and the second tone being that of the girl. The speaker is perceived as being bossy,
listing all these demands for the girl on how to be a suitable woman in society. The girl only

Gender Roles Throughout History : Susan Glaspell 's...
Gender roles throughout history have been portrayed in many works of literature. We imagine that in
2016 our world would be at its absolute best regarding the roles of women considering we just had
our first woman from a major party run for the highest office in the nation. Unfortunately, we still
seem to have a way to go. Oscar Wilde said, "Women have a much better time than men in this
world; there are far more things forbidden to them." It has only been in the past few years that
women have stood up and demanded equal pay and equal treatment. There are still many places in
the world where women are still very oppressed. In Susan Glaspell 's "Trifles," written in 1916, the
theme throughout is that the men are the smart, dominant ones, and therefore very chauvinistic, and
the women only concern themselves with sewing and cleaning which is, therefore, insignificant and
trifle. The women from the start of the play very clearly see clues to the murder that the men do not
ever see. Glaspell tells the story of the murder of Mr. John Wright, who was found strangled in his
bed. His wife Minnie is the main suspect. The men in the story, the County Attorney Mr. Henderson,
the Sheriff Mr. Peters, and the neighbor who found the body, Mr. Hale, look for scientific clues and
totally overlook what is right in front of them. In the 1900 's roles were clearly defined by the men
and this is carried throughout the play. The women in this play are the unsung heroes while the men
who are

No Parole : Should Not Be Granted Parole?
Monika Doughty Ms.Yocum Foundation of English 5 January 2016 No parole Would you kill for
love or to feel loved by a convict? Well Patricia Krenwinkel did. Patricia should not be granted
parole because she knew right from wrong. That night when Manson picked her for the murders she
was excited, She knew she was going to kill. "This is a crime children grow up hearing about," said
parole commissioner Susan Melanson.(Killer Cult) All her decisions to kill for Manson was all on
her. No one in this world could make me or probably anyone in this world with common sense to do
such harsh things to another human being. On top of that She ate food out of the fridge of her
victims home. She wanted to start a race war along with "The Family". When patricia went to court
after her murders she acted as if she did nothing wrong, as if she knew nothing of the murders. She
killed one night and seen it on the news and had no remorse, and then she went and killed the next
night (Killer Cult). How can you Take the main part in 7 murders in two nights and not apologizes
to any of the victim 's families or show remorse? Patricia doesn't care about the safety of others, she
sees us humans as objects and that 's a problem because that makes us a easy target when she angry
or upset. To patricia were a tissue she whips her nose with and then throw's away. (Press, The
Associated) Patricia is a threat to society. Releasing her from prison is a dangerous matter. yes, she
has been incarcerated for

Trifles, By Susan Glaspell Essay
Susan Glaspell's one–act play Trifles is based on the murder investigation of John Wright. Minnie
Wright's isolation and the death of her canary are the major factors that led to the murder of her
husband. Glaspell stresses the perceived supremacy of males when investigating the murder by
giving the men lead roles in the investigation and by making fun of the "trifles" that the women are
choosing to observe. It is ironic because the ordinary items observed by the women were thought of
as "trifles" to the men, but these items would have actually have aided in solving the murder case.
Glaspell uses various forms of irony and symbolism to emphasize the dominance of men, Minnie
Wright's state of isolation, and many other key aspects of the murder in her play Trifles.
The title of the play Trifles is used as a symbol to describe the way that women are viewed in the
eyes of men. At the time of the play, males viewed women as trifles. Trifles are described as items
that are of little importance or significance (Wakefield). The title could also be used as a symbol to
signify the importance of the so–called "trifles" that the women were studying during the murder
investigation. It is quite ironic because the common items observed my the women were thought to
be useless to the men, while after combining further information about the murder investigation,
these items would have been key to solving the case. Although they help Mrs. Wright by hiding any
items that could have

What Is Lust By Susan Minot
In the story "Lust", Susan Minot writes about the indiscretion of a young high school female
student. She provides the reader with short simple sentences that describe each of the indiscretions
that the young lady endures through her time in school. Lust is having a strong sexual desire. The
title gives the reader a sense of what will be discussed throughout the story. As the reader involves
themselves into the story, it becomes clear that the title changes in its description as the narrator
becomes regretful of her indiscretions and eventually pain and sorrow follow suit. That concept
provides for research of the author to dissect her interpretations and how the reader should enjoy her
style of writing. In my analysis of Susan Minot's "Lust", ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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Christopher Lehmann–Haut makes several points in his article for most readers to consider in their
interpretation. Lehmann–haut describes Minot's as having a hard time with her writing of "Lust" and
may have even became stuck in her writing style (Lehmann–Haut). The opinions of several writers
never provided this type of information to consider in her writing. That considerations drives readers
to focus on the story and determine the details of how he describes her work. Lehman–Haut makes
other consideration for the reader to decide on how they view Minot's Story. The author states, "She
keeps butting her head against the same wall, and most impressive thing about the collection is that
with so little to say the author has achieved even a semblance of variety" (Lehmann–Haut). Even if
you consider the harsh words of Lehmann–Haut, he does offer a praise to how Minot provides her
work to the reader. His belief is she became stuck in her writing, but did have a system where she
provided the reader with a range of enjoyment on the

Feminism at Its Best
Gender roles have transformed throughout time, from the domestic womanhood of the 1920s to the
breadwinners of the 21st century. In "A Jury of Her Peers," Susan Glaspell articulates the suffrage
women of her time had to endure brought on by the weaker sex stereotype that had plagued the
human brain for quite some time. Annenberg Learner states that the short story is based on a true
event Susan Glaspell had covered in 1900 while working as a reporter for Des Moines Daily News
(Annenberg Learner; Glaspell 179). At first, "A Jury of Her Peers" was known as a play by Glaspell
called "Trifles." A year later, Susan Glaspell adapted the play in short story form and titled it "A Jury
of Her Peers" (Arp and Johnson 550). Susan Glaspell is known for her feminist writings (Annenberg
Learner). The theme, along with the addition of Glaspell's use of symbolism and irony, transforms
this piece of literature into a feminist classic. The overall theme of "A Jury of Her Peers" is that
stereotypes can hinder one's own judgment. Throughout the story, the county attorney and Mr. Hale
spits out sexist remarks toward the women characters of the short story. For example, Mr. Hale
remarks, "But would the women know a clue if they did come upon it!" after the county attorney
asked his wife to keep a look out for clues (Arp and Johnson 557). However, it is the women who
found out that Minnie Foster killed her husband because she was being abused when describing
John Wright as a "hard man" and

Susan Minot Summary
LUST.
Having read the story written by Susan Minot we come across a rather complicated character, to be
precise the narrator herself. The girl in the story has been studying in the boarding school. It is the
educational establishment of close type, so the process of growing proceeds differently. For example
if we compare the girls from public schools and the girls from boarding schools the latest will be
more dissolute. The main reason for this is the closed social environment which fluencies the young
girls' minds. So let us look closer at the narrator she was "...good at such things like math or painting
or even sports, but the second a boy put his arm around her, she forgot about wanting to do anything
else..." This phrase indicates the author's real attitude towards men and studying. She loved being in
relationships with young boys. Moreover, while being in the boarding school she had at least 5 or 6
partners. At the same time the narrator stresses that: "Lots of boys, but never two at the same time.
One was plenty to keep you in a state." So for her a man is a tool, which can keep her in shape. To
our way of thinking it is a rather thoughtless attitude towards the relationship. Furthermore, from the
conversation with the headmistress Mrs. Gunther it becomes obvious that the narrator is astonished
having known that she has had only the one man for her life. But to be honest the headmistress has
her own understanding of the relations between the man and the woman, and it is

Essay on Susan Glaspell's Trifles Men vs. Women
Susan Glaspell's one–act play, Trifles, weaves a tale of an intriguing murder investigation to
determine who did it. Mrs. Wright is suspected of strangling her husband to death. During the
investigation the sheriff and squad of detectives are clueless and unable to find any evidence or
motive to directly tie Mrs. Wright to the murder. They are baffled as to how he was strangled by a
rope while they were supposedly asleep side by side. Glaspell artfully explores gender differences
between men and women and the roles they each fulfill in society by focusing on their physicality,
their methods of communication and vital to the plot of the play, their powers of observation. In
simple terms, the play suggests that men tend to be assertive, ... Show more content on
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While each proses a serve of justice and determination to do the right thing; the men approach the
crime scene emotionless, indifferent and determined to go in and get to the bottom of the mystery as
quick as possible, and push aside the little details. Little do they know that the things they are
putting off could be very essential to their case? For example, in a conversation between the attorney
and Mr. Hale who remarks, "..I said to Harry that I didn't know as what his wife wanted made such a
difference to John.." who was interrupted by the attorney in mid conversation and interjects, "Let's
talk about that later, Mr. Hale. I do want to talk about that, but tell now just what happened when
you got to the house." (1127) Meanwhile, while the men are out on their hunt for clues, the women
stay in the kitchen to look through Mrs. Wright's things and discuss a motive for why she killed her
husband. Glaspell proposes a plan that by looking deeper into circumstances, you may in turn fully
understand its true meaning; leaving no stone left unturned. Glaspell's suggests that men tend to
assume that nothing of importance occurs in the kitchen, where the women are at work, and this can
be related to their negative attitudes towards women. For example, the attorney says, "I guess we'll
go upstairs first and then out to the barn and around there. You're convinced that there was nothing
important here nothing that would point to any

Analysis Of The Book ' Strange Creatures ' By Susan...
Sanjana Mamidi
Section 28
Final Draft Paper 4
Human Mind Control
OCD is "a phrase that gets to the existential core of worry, a clenched, demonic doubting that
overrides evidence, empiricism, plain common sense" (Slater234). The meme theory states that a
meme consists of "everything that is passed from person to person" (Blackmore 37). In "Strange
Creatures" by Susan Blackmore and "Who Holds the Clicker?" by Lauren Slater both authors
discuss the control humans have over their minds. In "Who Holds the Clicker" Lauren Slater
discusses DBS (deep brain simulation), which is a type of psychosurgery in which electrical
impulses are sent to certain portions of the brain to control and change the emotions one feels. She
discusses both the positive and negatives of deep brain simulation through a specific patient named
Mario and also presents the control DBS can have over one's mind. Similarly, Blackmore in
"Strange Creatures" discusses the meme theory, which consists of any idea that is passed down from
person to person. Both authors provide information that allows people to draw conclusions relating
to why people do not have control over their minds. Even though some people believe that humans
do have control over their minds, Blackmore and Slater both successfully portray that in actuality
humans do not have any control over their minds because human thoughts and ideas are unoriginal
products of external forces, many human thoughts occur at deeper level of consciousness, and

How Sports Has Changed My Life
Hi, I'm Meggan. I'm a freshman at Minot State and majoring in Elementary education. I brought
some things in today to tell you a little bit more about myself. But first I'm going to tell you why I
decided to carry them in this bag. I chose to carry my items in this duffle bag because I and many
others use a duffle bag when you 're in a sport. Sports have always been a huge factor in my life and
in my family. Close to everyone in my family has played a sport and we all watch them too. We are
anywhere from basketball to baseball fans and everything in between. A very close family friend of
ours, Gary Cederstom, is a professional umpire so, we've been to a multiple MLB games as well as
an All Star Game where he was the crew chief calling the balls and strikes behind the plate. I myself
played softball and volleyball in high school as well as golfing every once in a while with my
grandpa. So now that I've told you about my bag's significance, I'll tell you a little bit about what i
carried in it. The first item is something that represents my past. This is a jersey from the last year I
played on a traveling volleyball team. I always loved volleyball growing up and had my hands on a
ball whenever I could. My mom, aunt, and cousin all played volleyball when they were in high
school and since we are all pretty short we were all setters. Volleyball taught me so many life
lessons and created bonds with people I never thought I would have been friends with. I played for
Minot High

Memes and Life
We have three replicators 1. Genes 2. Memes 3. Fremes (I have called them that).
These three replicators are selfish in that they contiuously try to replicate.
In the book by Susan Blackmore, it is mentioned that the reason why we cannot stop thinking is
because there are too many memes in our memory that can find their place in the brain. Hence, we
continuously keep on thinking, but at the cost of higher energy requirements. Indeed, thinking
utilizes more brain power which in turn requires more oxygen for which more blood flow is
required. Hence, in a nutshell, the more we think the more energy we consume and the more the
genetically weaker our genes become – as we are 'wasting' more energy. What we see here that these
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Hence, let us see how ideally we should be able to control these memes.
We need to control the gene replication. For this, the simple idea is not to produce offsprings.
Simple.
We need to control the meme replication. For this, we need to 'try' to stop thinking. Difficult, but
practice makes us perfect, or so they say.
We need to control freme replication. For this, let me take you on this concept of a time machine.
The photon clock example. Yes. As our speed increases, the value of the time decreases. This is all
hypothetical and yes, impossible too. Later, I will explain why. Nevertheless, the analogy is
interesting. We are saying that the longer the time the lesser number of 'ticks' and hence smaller the
value of time. This way. So the longer the time, the more the control as you could possibly do things
more dexterously. So in order to control fremes, we need to decrease the meme activity and increase
the freme activity, i.e. decrease the value of time as frequency = 1/ Time.
So, what do we collect from all this?
In order to reach a higher state we should ideally be away from the greed of
This is what the ideal life of a saint is explained in the Jain text. Indeed, there are various levels of
'spirituality' explained in Jainism. You should not have a family, go to an isolated place where you
do not have anyone telling you things or you telling them things. And then, concentrate and meditate
continuously to

The Chronicles Of Narnia Book Report
The Chronicles of Narnia Book Report
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie are all siblings sent to live in the care of the wise
Professor Kirke amid World War II. The children investigate the house on a stormy day and Lucy,
the most youthful, finds a colossal closet. Lucy ventures inside and winds up in a weird, blanketed
wood. Lucy experiences the Faun Tumnus, who is astonished to meet a human young lady. Tumnus
tells Lucy that she has entered Narnia, an alternate world. Tumnus welcomes Lucy to tea, and she
acknowledges. Lucy and Tumnus have a superb tea, however the faun begins sobbing
uncontrollably and admits that he is a hireling of the detestable White Witch. The Witch has
captivated Narnia so it is dependably winter and never Christmas. Tumnus clarifies that he has been
enrolled to catch people. Lucy entreats Tumnus to discharge her, and he concurs.
Lucy exits Narnia and enthusiastically enlightens her kin concerning her experience in the closet.
They don 't trust her, be that as it may. Lucy 's kin demand that Lucy was away for quite a long time
and not for a considerable length of time as she claims. At the point when the Pevensie youngsters
look in the back of the closet they see that it is a customary household item. Edmund prods Lucy
barbarously about her nonexistent nation until one day when he sees her vanishing into the closet.
Edmund takes after Lucy and ends up in Narnia too. He doesn 't see Lucy, and rather

Drama Essay "Trifles"
Angel Parrett
Professor Muller
English 106/ Drama Essay
15 May 2006
Drama Essay
Trifles
Trifles, Susan Glaspell's play written in 1916, reveal concerns of women living in a male dominated
society. Glaspell communicates the role that women were expected to play in late 19th century
society and the harm that can come of it to women, as well as men. The feminist agenda of Trifles
was made obvious, in order to portray the lives of all women who live oppressed under male
domination. John and Minnie Wright are two main characters who are never seen; however provide
the incident for the play. In this play women are against men, Minnie against her husband, Mrs. Hale
and Mrs. Peters against their husband's, as well as men in general. ... Show more content on
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Wright to the murder of her husband. At the beginning of the play Mr. Hale acknowledges the males
attitudes toward women without knowing. For example he states, "....I didn't know as what his wife
wanted made much difference to John." (1001). This clearly signifies the male's insensitivity to
women. This statement that Mr. Hale made referring to John and how he does not care what his wife
wanted or did not want does not even trigger the question, how was Mrs. Wright treated by her
husband? Women were clearly not has important as the men. The men disregard women's opinions
and don't give a thought to women's needs or wants. Mr. Hale was speaking of John, Mrs. Wright's
dead husband in the above example; however Mr. Hale also expresses his insensitivity and arrogant
attitude toward women. Mr. Hale states, "Well women are used to worrying over trifles." (1003).
Trifles something that is small, of no consequence, this is how Mr. Hale thinks of women. The
things women are concerned with are of no importance, they are petty. This is an obvious illustration
of the men's arrogant and insensitive attitudes toward women. Mr. Hale was not the only male
character who demonstrated arrogance and insensitivity toward women. The Sheriff who was
investigating Mr. Wright's murder also demonstrated arrogance and insensitivity, hindering his
ability to tie Mrs. Wright to

Lust by Susan Minot Essay
Lust is having a self–indulgent sexual desire. Susan Minot portrayed the mind of a promiscuous
high school female perfectly. Lust is powerful and seductive, but it's inherently selfish and opposed
to love. For many girls who are having sex with different boys they can identify with the desire to be
needed. The characters in "Lust" are written in a way to highlight the dysfunction and disconnection
of everyone involved. The narrator herself is nameless and faceless, making the reader believe that
she has already somehow disappeared, just as the men in her life have made her disappear after
having sex. Similarly, the men are listed in a brief and are identified only by their sexual acts or by
other, easily objectified characteristics. What ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
I started to believe that the narrator has the mind of a man; perhaps she yearns for the chase. She
searches for boys who are more than willing to be a quickie and she uses them for a good time.
When she gets what she wants it's to late and the emotional damage has already been done. Our
narrator reverts back to her female role and relies on emotions rather than logic; it is apparent that in
having these quick relationships she is only hurting herself. This story is a double edge sword; the
idea of a female having multiple partners is exciting. Society is scared of the idea of being
promiscuous is not "proper" for a woman. Before I read the story guys in the class where saying
what a whore the narrator was and mentioning how many places she was having sex. Personally that
makes me laugh most men don't even ask how many partners a woman has had. I have even known
guys to say they liked experienced women. However a girl this young having that much sex is
extreme. An adult female who has multiple partners isn't surprising; many single women in the quest
for love end up in all of the wrong bed sheets. From a teenage girls perspective that is open minded I
think the narrator should be more discrete about her sex life. While reading this story there needs to
be a certain mind set we have to keep. In this time period having more than one partner you were an
outcast. By today's standard the narrator would be a little scandalous. It is sad to say that it is more

Susan Glaspell 's ' Trifles ' Essay
"fiction depends for its life on place. Place is the crossroads of circumstance, The proving ground of,
what happened? Who's here? Who's coming?" (Welty qtd. In Literature ). Trifles is a short play, by
Susan Glaspell that was written in the 20th century when women were possession of the husband.
The division between men and women in the play not just mentally or emotionally but it was also
physically , and that symbolizes the different between genders at this time. Susan Glaspell shows
that through her characters in this play. Glaspell uses the characters (Mr. Wright and Mrs. Wright) to
prove how men were so dominant and how women were suffered a lot. Glaspell's play presents one
drastic women rebel. Mrs. Wright, who goes to the extreme to free herself of made dominate. It also
presents two quiet reformers, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, who side with Mrs. Weight and with hold
evidence that the Sheriff need to establish for Mr. Wright's crime(Glaspell). Susan Glaspell uses
patriarchal dominance as a major theme to stress on ill treatment toward women at that time. She
also uses elements of irony to implicate her evident(Glaspell). The first important character is Mrs.
Wright, who plays an important role in the play, although she is unseen and doesn't appear on the
stage through the actions of play. She is the main character. Minnie Foster Wright is a wife of John
Wright, who made life miserable for his wife. Mrs.

The Ups and Downs of the Sexual Movement Displayed in...
The short story "Lust" by Susan Minot details the life of a high school girl who has succumbed to
the pressure of her surroundings. The pressure of sex by her peers and all of the boys she came
across led to the multiple sexual encounters that make up this story. This realistic view on the
teenagers of the early 1970's shows the ups and downs of sexual movement of the 1960's. In "Lust",
Susan Minot shows the reality of a teenage girl's life throughout her high school years and the
problems her actions give her as she gets older. Janet M. Ellerby analyzes "Lust" in her essay titled,
"Lust". In this essay, Ellerby goes through and gives a brief but accurate summary of the short story.
Then she gives her interpretations of what this story ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
There is even one encounter where she goes on a camping trip in Colorado and she sleeps with a
guy in their zipped together sleeping bags (Minot 102). The fact that the young people of this time
were allowed to just roam around unsupervised, just further aided their sexual desires. In the
beginning of the story, the narrator's accounts were completely casual and it was obvious that she
thought nothing of it. The first few stories were just a few brief sentences that basically described
who and where. Leo, her first, was described in one sentence. "In the spring before the Hellmans
filled their pool, we'd go down there in the deep end, with baby oil, and like that" (Minot 98). The
first few stories had an almost monotonous tone about them and there was definitely no kind of
emotion or feelings between the two of them. In Janet Ellerby's essay, she compared the stories of
the narrator's encounter to a grocery list (Ellerby). At that age, sex was just something that all of her
friends were doing and so she felt like she had to do it too. She did not realize that there were
emotional ties to it. At that point sex was just sex and there was nothing else to it. As the story went
on though, there was a sense of emotion and feeling in her accounts and they became a little more
detailed. After the first few brief descriptions, the next few encounters seemed

Female Sexual Freedom In Lust By Susan Minot, Jamaica...
Female sexual freedom is a predominant theme in three short stories by author's Susan Minot,
Jamaica Kincaid, and Junot Diaz. The messages in Lust by Susan Minot, Girl by Jamaica Kincaid,
and Nilda by Junot Diaz the reader is introduced to three girl's coming–of–age and the dangers they
encounter with female sexuality. In these three stories, the authors convey the message that sexual
freedom, for females anyway, is not so free; in fact females often, ultimately pay a price of
loneliness, shame, a poor reputation, and even self–deprecation. First, loneliness, shame, self–
deprecation, and regret are the dangers associated with female sexuality in Susan Minot's Lust. The
reader is introduced to a nameless, teenage girl, who decides to ... Show more content on
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In this short story, a young girl is thought to have begun some forays into female sexuality. Alerted
to her daughter's singing "benna in Sunday school" (Kincaid 1)–a symbolic reference of sexuality–
her mother begins a lengthy lecture on the importance of appearances and respectability. The
mother's word choices, as she sets about teaching her how to appear respectful, are also geared to
teach her daughter the shame associated with sexual promiscuity, "This is how to hem a dress when
you see the hem coming down and so to prevent yourself from looking like the slut I know you are
so bent on becoming" (Kincaid) and "This is how to behave in the presence of men who don't know
you very well, and this way they won't recognize immediately the slut I have warned you against
becoming" (Kincaid). Yet the fact that the mother knows how to make a medicine, "To throw away a
child before it even becomes a child" (Kincaid), suggests she is not a stranger to the experience of
sexual freedom herself. Indeed, the tone Kincaid conveys suggests the mother has experience of her
own in the dangers associated with female sexuality. Finally, loneliness, shame, a poor reputation,
and self–deprecation are the dangers associated with female sexuality in Nilda by Junot Diaz. Trying
to escape an alcoholic mother and an absentee father, Nilda, seeks comfort and security in

Susan Glaspell 's ' Trifles '
Theonna Falu
11/03/2015
Enc1102
Dr. Campbell
Between December 1st and 2nd 1900, John Hossack (a farmer from Warren County, Iowa) was
murdered with an ax by his wife while in bed. Inspired by the true story of Margaret Hossack, an
Indianola, Iowa farm wife who was charged with the murder of her husband John. One of the
reporters, Susan Glaspell, decided to write a literary version of this investigation and "Trifles" came
to be. Susan Glaspell is a feminist writer from Davenport, Iowa who started off writing for a
newspaper called Des Moines Daily News. Later on her literary career she left the journalism
industry and founded a theatrical organization called 'Provincetown Players' on Cape Cod,
Massachusetts. In Trifles, Glaspell covers issues regarding female oppression and patriarchal
domination. Susan Glaspell's one–act play still exists as a fascinating hybrid of murder mystery and
social commentary on the oppression of women. When Margaret Hossack was charged with the
murder of her sixty year old husband John, the man she had been married to for thirty three years,
Indianola, Iowa. Killed by two blows to his head with an ax, John Hossack was thought to be a cold
mannered and difficult man to be married to, but he didn't deserve his death. In a cultural that denied
women the right to vote or the ability to serve on juries, the community in which the Hossacks
resided was not terribly different from the rest of the country. A women's role was defined as more
domestic than

Susan Minot 's Lust, And Maggie Mitchel 's `` Lust ``
Two women, who have both been emotionally damaged, react towards love in differing manners.
One refuses to acknowledge it and replaces the concept with the idea of lust by maintaining only
fleeting sexual encounters. The other takes an extreme route of obsession that underlines every part
of her everyday life. While these women approach the same topic in contrasting ways, there is a
stronger common ground between them. These women let their approaches to love depreciate their
self–image and self–worth. Susan Minot's "Lust" and Maggie Mitchel's "It Would Be Different If",
illustrate the identity damage that failed young love caused in their short stories. Minot's "Lust" can
be read like a girl's journal entries, created by an author who ... Show more content on
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She begins living by this idea, she stops saying "no" when she doesn't want to partake in sexual
activities and instead goes through the routine motions of pleasuring a man. The narrator's stance on
consent is now, "You wouldn't dream of saying that maybe you weren't really ready to in the first
place" (223), as if it is easier to satisfy a man's desires than vocalize her disinterest. As this lifestyle
continues you see the narrator spiral into a dark and unhealthy outlook on herself and life with
phrases such as, "You wonder how long you can keep it up" (223), "I was ashamed but couldn't look
him in the eye" (224), and "You begin to feel like a piece of pounded veal" (224). She no longer
feels like a human of value, a characteristic that should be innate, as she compares herself to meat
that is beaten to the taste of the consumer. This situation escalates as the young woman begins to
show signs of emotional damage. She addresses the sadness that follows sex and ties it back to her
inability to feel love. With heart wrenching emotion, she declares in an omnipresent manner that
"You open your legs but can't, or don't dare anymore, to open your heart" (225). This line exposes
the loss of humane feelings that occur when one replaces the idea of love with casual sex. Sex no
longer leaves her rejuvenated but in a state where "You curl up like a shrimp,

Essay on Annie Liebovitz's Women
Annie Liebovitz's Women
After reading a book on various feminist philosophies, I evaluated Annie Liebovitz's book and
collection of photographs entitled Women according to my interpretation of feminist philosophy,
then used this aesthetic impression to evaluate the efficacy of feminist theories as they apply toward
evaluating and understanding art.
"A photograph is not an opinion. Or is it?" So begins Susan Sontag's introductory essay to the book
Women, a collection of photographs by Annie Leibovitz. Collected without a stated intention other
than to treat on the subject matter at hand, Leibovitz's images confront a wide spectrum of issues
surrounding women living in America at the end of the twentieth century. Sontag explains, "Any ...
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Of particular concern are the women who are celebrated and glamorized as successful and well–
educated artists, actresses, and celebrities. We are so familiar with slick, glossy photographs of
women such as Nicole Kidman, Drew Barrymore, rapper Lil' Kim, or young actress Christina Ricci,
that at first glance these portraits are far more celebratory, depicting the women in thoughtful,
atmospheric lighting, perfect makeup and hair, beautiful clothing, and carefully–framed shots. It is
very clear – these are not tabloid photos, but instead artistic portraits, to be viewed as such. The
complication arises when we consider what statement Leibovitz is making about the real nature of
their careers, however, as seen in a careful evaluation of the postures and presentations of these
"powerful" and "successful" women.
Drew Barrymore is wearing a gauzy flesh–colored dress, splayed out on a patch of ultra–green
filtered grass. Her face is turned away from us, almost unrecognizable, looking downward and over
her shoulder, her arms listlessly at her side and touching her shoulder. She is flat on the ground with
her knees raised and spread slightly apart, shot from above, with a corpse–like pallor and demeanor.
Were she not identified in the caption by name, a viewer would be hard–pressed to determine the
identity of this accessible and apparently disposable body. Perhaps this is the

Susan Glaspell 's A Jury Of Her Peers
Growing up in Iowa in the 1800s and 1900s, Susan Glaspell took inspiration for many of her stories
from personal experiences. As a former courthouse reporter herself, Glaspell's short story "A Jury of
Her Peers" is based largely on her involvement with a murder case and a kitchen she recalled
investigating. "A Jury of Her Peers," a rendition of her early play, Trifles, focuses on the homicide of
an abusive husband by his wife. While the men investigating the case overlook the various signs of
abuse, their wives work together to defend the widow. During this time period, sexism was a widely
spread concept. Glaspell was a strong willed advocate of women's rights, and promoted feminism
throughout her life, oftentimes featuring this concept in ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
She writes, "The men, all representatives of the Law (the sheriff, the prosecutor, and a witness), are
oriented to a mechanistic view of legal propriety: they react to an action and look for the evidence to
justify the retribution they wish to enact" (Bendel–Sismo 1). She then compares the beliefs of the
men to women, whose views shift as they learn more about the murder and the reasons behind the
widow's actions. "Unlike the men, the women conclude that a different crime has been committed,
and that the "crime" the men perceive is, in fact, justice being enacted. While the men see John
Wright 's death as the point of departure for their investigation, the women see his death as closure;
not the beginning, but the end, and as such their role is to protect Minnie Foster" (Bendel–Sismo 1).
While the men in Glaspell's story are quick to search for ways to convict Mrs. Wright, often
overlooking details, their wives dig deeper to learn about the real reason behind her husband's death.
"'Nothing here but kitchen things,' he said, with a little laugh for the insignificance of kitchen
things" (Glaspell 6). The critic concludes that the motives of the men and women while
investigating the murder are a result of psychological differences differences of genders during this
time period. She sums up her statement by saying, "While the women can seek Justice for other
women, the men in charge of the case––by their very nature as men––can seek Justice only for men
(their peers),

Legality vs. Human Bonding in A Jury of Her Peers Essay
In "A Jury of Her Peers" Susan Glaspell shows how human bonding can override
legalities that society has. This is shown by Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters bonding with Minnie by
understanding her daily life as they are in her home. The two women feel a connection with Minnie
because their lives are very similar to that of hers. By the two women understanding and having a
connection with Minnie they notice the small trifles that leads to them finding evidence and motive
for Minnie murdering her husband.
Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters were only in Minnie's home for a short period of time yet this revealed to
them that Minnie was much like them. As Mrs. Hale was leaving her house to go with the others to
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Mrs. Hale takes up for Minnie when the county attorney is washing his hands. " 'Dirty towels!
Not much of a housekeeper, would you say ladies?' He kicked his foot against some dirty pans under
the sink. 'There's a great deal of work to be done on a farm,' said Mrs. Hale stiffly." (paragraph
80). Mrs. Hale knows how much work goes into being a farmer's wife and doesn't like the county
attorney criticizing Minnie on her housework.
Mrs. Peters is the sheriff's wife and in the beginning of the story she believes that "the law is
the law". (paragraph 143). As the story progresses, Mrs. Peters gains a better understanding of
what life was like for Minnie and relates with her after the dead bird is found. "When I was a
girl,' said Mrs. Peters, under her breath, 'my kitten –– there was a boy took a hatchet, and before my
eyes –– before I could get there ––' she covered her face an instant. 'If they hadn't held me back I
would have' –– she caught herself, looked upstairs where footsteps were heard, and finished weakly
–– 'hurt him.' "(paragraph 242). After Mrs. Peters has told Mrs. Hale this, she tells her
something else that shows she is bonding with Minnie. "I know what stillness is,' she said, in a
queer, monotonous voice. 'When we were homesteaded in Dakota, and my first baby died –– after
he was two years old –– and me with no other then ––'." (paragraph 254). Glaspell shows that
Mrs. Peters is understanding and bonding

Lust Susan Minot
The Lust for Understanding Throughout time, there has been a battle present in which females try to
rise above the power of men and the hold they have on women. Whether the battle be for the equal
treatment of both sexes or simply establishing a level of respect and understanding from the
opposite sex, the meaning stands the same in which there is an ever–present power struggle that is
continuously ongoing between the sexes. No matter the intentional meaning of the work, women
suppression by men are seen when one looks beyond the simple statements given and examines the
female characters in great detail to better understand the struggle she endures daily due to men. One
author in particular that allows an interesting viewpoint into the mind of a blossoming woman is
Susan Minot. Minot demonstrates in her story "Lust" how the female narrator is influenced and
altered by her male sexual partners. Through each sexual encounter, the reader is able to see the
changes these encounters have on the young woman emotionally and other affects a man has on her
as she grows up in a male dominated world. This can all be determined by observing closely the
figurative language used in the story, the fluctuations in emotions seen in the female character, and
the thoughts the woman has about men throughout the story. To begin with, Susan Minot allows the
reader to get a better look into the effect men have on an impressionable girl in her story "Lust" by
the use of figurative language. To truly capture one' s emotional state, it is sometimes best to observe
how one describes themselves in figurative terms. This allows for the reader to gain a better
understanding of what the narrator is going through by seeing the world through their eyes through
similes. One such instance Minot does this is at the end of the story when the narrator describes
herself as a shrimp curled up in the bed of a strange man (Minot 225). With this vivid comparison, it
can be understood that the narrator feels as if she is as small as a shrimp does, which, in
psychological terms, can be boiled down into the girl wishing to shrink away from the harsh realities
of the world and the men from her past that haunt her. In this instance, it can be determined

Trifles- Battle of the Sexes Essay
The struggle between the male and female gender has long seen its differences throughout our
American history. Prior to 1848, women did not have a voice or a valued opinion; they were simply
thought of as unseen and unintelligent. It took nearly 72 years before the 19th amendment to our
Constitution was signed into law, granting women the right to vote (Infoplease). During the early
part of the twentieth century, the duties and structures of women's lives would have predisposed
them to approach a problem from a different angle than that of men and even today, despite the
significant changes in women's lives and opportunities since mid–century, women's responsibilities
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Wright as a withdrawn woman married to a taciturn and stingy farmer, childless, nearly friendless
and completely isolated on an Iowa farmstead. Almost every action of the farmwives in this play is
designed to make Minnie's presence felt, something that had been long lost (Noe). The concept of
the "unseen woman" continues when Mrs. Hale rescues the surviving jar of Mrs. Wright's cherry
preserves, when both women gather clothes to take to jail and when Mrs. Hale begins to sit in the
rocking chair; we feel as if that third woman is on stage (Noe). Mrs. Hale completes an action begun
by Mrs. Wright when she takes out the sewing basket and finishes a badly sewn piece and later she
finds the empty birdcage and silk–wrapped dead canary. These actions enable us to envision Mrs.
Wright working in her kitchen on the d ay of the murder and reconstruct the events that precipitated
it (Noe). The setting functions metonymically, standing for the unseen woman, who, in turn,
represents the unseen American women of her day, relegated to the domestic sphere and excluded
from positions of power (Noe). The absence of the woman who is central to these spaces de–
familiarizes her; making her less hospitable to the characters that we do see (Noe). Mrs. Hale and
Mrs. Peters reflect this feeling of discomfort with their environment by the slow and hesitating way
that they move about and talk in Mrs. Wright's kitchen. Stage directions indicate that Mrs. Hale is
"disturbed now and looks

The Work The Lust By Susan Minot
The Relationships Of Delivering And Receiving The work The Lust by Susan Minot resembles to
the reader field notes from the inner sexual life of young woman, or, to be more precise, an adult
teenager. The author pursuits a goal not only to transcribe her experience, these notes are more
similar to the epistolary genre 's memoirs. In the textual sketches Susan Minot provides a reader
with the analysis of the woman role in the relationship as a concept along with her representation in
the societal perceiving. I am deeply convinced, that the consistent and sequential analysis of the
mentioned aspect will help the reader to unveil the idea of the woman 's performance in the
community play. To start with, the author has chosen the very specific model of narration and the
analysis of it would contribute greatly to the "unlocking" the textual code. Susan 's story looks like
the chaotic lap notation from the teenager diary. Surely, it should be admitted that discrete type of
narrative is not the innovative artistic device. This method is widely used especially in the modern
and post–modern literature. The vignettes aim to show the disorder and confusion of the young
person who has just stepped in the road of growing old. The general canvas of the text looks torn
and tattered. These artistic method causes that sometimes the reader cannot easily comprehend what
is exactly going on in the story. One characters replacing another with the velocity of light.
Sometimes Susan do not

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The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
By C.S. Lewis
My favorite character in this book would have to be Peter. He was a little bit of a tough guy yet
timid, but wasn't afraid to fight for his siblings lives. Peter was the oldest amongst his brother and
two sisters and was most likely the brains and brawn of the bunch. In this story, Peter has to fight off
a wolf to test his courage or, in Aslan's words, win his spurs. He returns victorious and is knighted
by the lion called Aslan. His brother Edmund, a very mischievous boy and a bother to his sisters
Lucy and Susan, looks up to Him though he never admits to it. Peter was definitely the highlight of
this book.
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Suddenly she found herself surrounded by a huge forest. There was snow all around so it was very
cold, so Lucy put on one of the conveniently placed fur coats and went to explore the wood. She did
not walk far when she saw a light walking closer she discovered it was a lamppost. It was here buy
this lamppost Lucy met the talking fawn named Mr. Tomnas. The fawn invited Lucy to tea and
almost turned her over to a woman called the white witch, but Mr. Tomnas ended up really liking
Lucy so he couldn't do it. Instead he led her back to the wardrobe door. When Lucy got back to her
brothers and sister, she found out that no time had gone by at all since she walked into the wardrobe.
Susan, Peter and Edmund didn't believe Lucy when she told them there was another world called
Narnia inside the wardrobe. Edmund was always following her around asking if she found any new
countries in the cupboards lately, but Eventually Edmund found his way into the wardrobe land too,
and met the white witch. She was kind to him, but was really a witch, and he allied himself with her.
And without knowing he agreed to turn his brother and sisters over to her later he realizes the
gravity of his mistake and how much of his brothers anger he is risking. Then Susan, Peter, Lucy
and Edmund all find their way into Narnia and find out that the lion called Aslan expects them to be
queens and kings over all in

Lust Susan Minot
When one looks at a glacier, it is impossible to tell the depth. It is only upon closer inspection that
the true extent can be known. This superficial example can be applied to the vast majority of literary
works. The first time reading something, it is easy to miss out on the importance of certain phrases,
themes, or even the entire purpose. Upon reading "Lust" by Susan Minot, it is easy to just write this
story off as a girl's sexual journey through adolescence, but that analysis merely scratches the
surface. "Lust" cleverly discusses both misogyny and rape culture through its narrative told from the
perspective of a nameless teenage girl. Minot discusses double standards and gender roles which
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Men are rewarded for their sexual endeavours, while women are shamed for the same thing. Women
are chastised for promiscuity because a woman's worth is placed upon her sexuality and ability to
provide pleasure, not her personality or talent. A man on the other hand, is congratulated because
women are seen as conquests to be taken and not human beings, thus making them inferior.
Although this story most likely takes place in the 1960s or early 70s proven by the song choices of
the main character, the same double standard rings true today. It is worth noting that Minot
published this story in 1989, a time where women appeared to have broken through barriers towards
equality. With "Lust," Minot exposes the internalized sexism in society and proves it is so ingrained,
that is no longer a recognized issue, rather it is apart of traditional roles upheld by the public.
Minot's "It's different for a girl" takes on a much deeper meaning because when women are
perceived as objects, the degradation of women as a gender becomes easier, thus thrusting society
into a pit of inescapable misogyny. Minot draws attention to this reality in an attempt to combat it.
"Lust" opens a platform for dissertation into how society's

Susan Minot 's `` Lust ``
Though both characters seem to seek empty relationships, Jake, from Dagoberto Gilb's "Love in
L.A." seeks them to fulfill his own self–interest; while the female narrator from Susan Minot's
"Lust" enters into them because it is what she believes is expected of her, showing the motivations
for the actions of these two characters are very different. Both short stories vary in setting and
character motivation, but nonetheless, the characters from both pursue relationships which are
virtually meaningless to themselves.
"Love in L.A." follows a brief excerpt from the life of Jake, the stories narrator. Jake is a man
without steady employment, but with high aspirations. He is driving an old Buick while he is stuck
in L.A. traffic, but believes he will one day have a car that has "crushed velvet interior with electric
controls" to compliment a lifestyle that includes "exotic colognes, plush, dark nightclubs, maitais
and daiquiris, necklaced ladies in satin gowns, misty and sexy like in a tequila as" (Gilb 537). His
musings are cut short as he rear–ends a Toyota in front of him, during a light change, and it is here
were the reader really gets to understand his character. The driver he hits is a young woman named
Mariana from Venezuela who lives with her family and works a real job. Jake is attracted to her and
decides to flirt with her in the process of exchanging information. The damage to Mariana's car is
significant, with "the trunk lid, the bumper, a rear panel, [and] a

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