1. Susan Glaspell’s Trifles meets the credentials for Aristotle’s Unit of Action by the story being focused on the investigation of the murder. The investigation is the only thing the characters mention and if they do go on a tangent it is because it is related to the investigation. The story is not told before or after the investigation, the reader only knows what the characters in the play know at this specific time. The actual murder is not mentioned only the process to find out what happened during it.
Unity of Place is follow in the play by the characters never leaving the home, the scene of the murder. The entire play takes place in the confines of the home. The jail cell where the wife is being held is never visited, and the body of …show more content…
The characters do not go home and comeback the next day, all the evidence is found on the same day within the same time. This story happens at a fast pace. Glaspell uses this pace and Unity of Time to show how serious this murder is and how much the townspeople want it solved. She uses the Unity of Action and Space to add the sense of suspense and determination to the plot of finding out what happened during the murder.
2. Traditional idealism stems from the belief that reality is a mental construct. That the mind is solely responsible for what we perceive to be real and true in our lives. On the other hand, disillusionment is the breaking of this feeling. Disillusionment is what happens when one realizes that something is not as good as they once thought it was. It is the lifting of the veil and becoming disappointed because of it.
Idealism, in the traditional sense, is found in Shelley’s “Ozymandias”. This poem appeals to the idea of idealism by the empire of Ozymandias, Alexander the Great, being based purely on the mind of others. His empire fell and was reduced to what it is in the poem because people stopped believing in him. Since the people’s thoughts did not make him the great ruler anymore he failed to retain that position. With this lack of support the disillusionment set in with the people starting to see his as he truly is, just a common …show more content…
The gothic nature comes from the setting and the actions of the wife. She is locked in room that is away from the rest of the home with strange wallpaper and hooks attached to the wall. Her bed is also restrained, this creates a sense of mystery in the reader of why is this room like this. Her descent into madness because of her situation is what makes this a female gothic. She goes insane in that room. Insane to the point to where she becomes one with her captor, she becomes one with the wallpaper. Forever trapped.
Trifles is also a female gothic. But not to the same extent as the previously mentioned story. In this play we do not get to see the woman’s descent into madness, we only get to see the results of it. The results of it are damning. She was driven to murder a man she once loved. Her mental state could not have been stable in any way. This play is a less noticeable female gothic in that we must infer about the mysterious and unknow life of
Unity of Place is follow in the play by the characters never leaving the home, the scene of the murder. The entire play takes place in the confines of the home. The jail cell where the wife is being held is never visited, and the body of …show more content…
The characters do not go home and comeback the next day, all the evidence is found on the same day within the same time. This story happens at a fast pace. Glaspell uses this pace and Unity of Time to show how serious this murder is and how much the townspeople want it solved. She uses the Unity of Action and Space to add the sense of suspense and determination to the plot of finding out what happened during the murder.
2. Traditional idealism stems from the belief that reality is a mental construct. That the mind is solely responsible for what we perceive to be real and true in our lives. On the other hand, disillusionment is the breaking of this feeling. Disillusionment is what happens when one realizes that something is not as good as they once thought it was. It is the lifting of the veil and becoming disappointed because of it.
Idealism, in the traditional sense, is found in Shelley’s “Ozymandias”. This poem appeals to the idea of idealism by the empire of Ozymandias, Alexander the Great, being based purely on the mind of others. His empire fell and was reduced to what it is in the poem because people stopped believing in him. Since the people’s thoughts did not make him the great ruler anymore he failed to retain that position. With this lack of support the disillusionment set in with the people starting to see his as he truly is, just a common …show more content…
The gothic nature comes from the setting and the actions of the wife. She is locked in room that is away from the rest of the home with strange wallpaper and hooks attached to the wall. Her bed is also restrained, this creates a sense of mystery in the reader of why is this room like this. Her descent into madness because of her situation is what makes this a female gothic. She goes insane in that room. Insane to the point to where she becomes one with her captor, she becomes one with the wallpaper. Forever trapped.
Trifles is also a female gothic. But not to the same extent as the previously mentioned story. In this play we do not get to see the woman’s descent into madness, we only get to see the results of it. The results of it are damning. She was driven to murder a man she once loved. Her mental state could not have been stable in any way. This play is a less noticeable female gothic in that we must infer about the mysterious and unknow life of