Susan Glaspell Trifles Climax

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Susan Glaspell 'Trifles" a one act play that begins in an abandoned Farmhouse. The plot of a story or play is the sequence of events normally organized with a plot diagram. It normally would entail the most important events or key features of the store. The plot is structured in the order from the beginning or exposition, rising action, climax or middle, falling action, to the resolution or end. In this play, the beginning is an exposition fully and clearly stating the setting, character, and setting the tone. The rising action has to do with the key events leading up to the climax. In this particular play it entails answering questions to try and solve the mystery set in the exposition. The climax is either the middle of the story or play or it is the turning point. In this play, the climax entails with the ladies of the group Fun. The falling action is normally the parts of the story after the climax and before the very end. This falling action is worth mentioning because the ladies are literally interfering with their investigation without them …show more content…

The passage says that the characters were standing in a kind of out of order kitchen. It describes each character as, the sheriff and hale; being middle-aged men, which means they are around or are 50 years old and the County Attorney as being a young man. The sheriff's wife, Mrs. Peters has a slight weary woman, who's very thin in the face which tends to me she is skinny and kind of shaky. The author also describes Mrs. Hale as being slightly larger than Mrs. Peters, but was more of what you call a healthy weight. She also paid attention to tell us they were bundled up, which would mean it was most likely cold. The characters are worth describing because you will not know who I am talking about, unless you read the play. They also are important because they bring the flavor to this individual

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