Mrs. Hale makes the relation of the bird to Mrs. Wright when she stated, "she was kind of like a bird herself-real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and-fluttery," (Page 755). In a sense, by breaking the bird’s neck Mr. Wright strangled his wife. The bird became a symbolism for Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters felt that Mr. Wright was the murderer for what he did to his wife. From the beginning when the canary is first discovered to the end of the play, the canary symbolizes the life
Indirect suicide In Susan Glaspell’s Trifles Minnie Wright is a woman who when was young was once outgoing and lively until she married a harsh, cold hearted, and anti-social farmer. Her isolation and her husband’s cruelty slowly drove her to murder her husband; she tried to have some sort of happiness. But Mr. Wright kills the only thing that makes her happy. Susan Glaspell is trying to say that Mr. Wright’s murder is then inevitable and justified. Glaspell shows in this play that because of Mr. Wrights controlling nature he isolated Minnie Wright.
Eddie felt humiliated about where she was raised, she didn't want to be associated with the "scandals" that belonged to the shacks north of the creek. She believed that, since she grew up in the shacks, she was worth less than the next person. Edith was embarrassed by her drunken father, even though none of his actions were ever her fault. Her mother, a "hallelujah-shouting fool" who preached, but never actually went to church, was also a huge contributor to the way Eddie felt. With people tormenting her about her cousins who were teen moms, or her father who made a fool of his drunken self in public, the poor girl felt like nothing more than dirt, and she wanted to be thought of as flawless and beautiful.
Rosaleen believes that Lily should just leave the topic alone and that she may discover something she just does not want to know. Rosaleen fears that Lily will be more hurt by her discoveries in finding her past that happy and relieved, “ ‘Maybe she was. I can’t say. I just know some things are better left alone.’ ‘What do you mean? That I shouldn’t find out what I can about my own mother?’ ‘What if—’ She paused and rubbed the back of her neck, ‘What if you find out something you don’t wanna know?’ " (Kidd, 100) Another controversial view studied by Emanuel states that Lily must confront the hardship of her mother’s death head on and that it may have a
Even her daughter as well as society later refers her mothers English as broken. And because of that in her younger years, Amy felt somewhat embarrassed by her mothers English. And felt that her view of her mother was legit because of instances as such in (3rd paragraph 507). “I had plenty of empirical evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear
Opposing Views Opposing views of happiness are described in the story A Secret Sorrow by Karen Van Dee Zee and A Sorrowful Woman by Gail Godwin. The stories revolve around two women who struggle with their own personal issues. In A Secret Sorrow, Faye could not fulfill her dream of happiness of getting married and having children of her own. In contrary, “A Sorrowful Woman,” the secluded unnamed woman already had the fulfillment the Faye longed for, but was at the point of not wanting that life anymore. Faye worried how the relationship with her boyfriend Kai would be affected be her inability to conceive children from her internal injuries of a car wreck.
It made her have a difficult time trusting people because she had no one to rely on but herself. It was a tough time for Hester, wearing the scarlet letter “A” resembled adultery, which Hester was not proud of therefore she, strived to become a better person and change the scarlet letter meaning. Hester showed the town that she could do well and she was indeed trying to change her ways. Her daughter Pearl made this even more important; it meant a lot to Hester that she set a good example for Pearl. Hester deeply loved Pearl and did not want to lose Pearl’s respect.
Women were very hesitant to speak and act in ways men told them not to. Throughout the entire story, the men are absolutely disrespectful towards the women, but the women never stand up for themselves. The birdcage is another symbol, this symbolizes feeling trapped due to the fact of no opinion and not being able to express their feelings because of being timid. “..kind of like a bird herself-real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and fluttery"(Glaspell) represents how others described her. The bird is cage liked Minnie is in her relationship.
Mallard and the narrator of “The Yellow Wallpaper” were clearly trapped by society because of their gender and the roles that they would have to fulfill. Although it was not stated in “The Story of an Hour” if Mr. and Mrs. Mallard had children, we do learn as readers that John and his wife from “The Yellow Wallpaper” do have a child “….Such a dear baby! And yet I cannot be with him, it makes me so nervous” (480). The narrator of “The Yellow Wallpaper” is clearly affected by the fact that another women is taking care of her child even if it just for a short amount of time while she is recovering from her nervous depression. Because at that time period women were supposed to take care of their children that was their job and to have another woman do it she more than likely didn’t feel like she was doing her job.
I then recalled someone telling me that they were hard to tame. I took up the courage and followed my heart towards it. I then realized that the cat had given birth to kittens. I felt really sorry for the innocent kittens. It came to mind that the jackals had attacked the cat while she was in a vulnerable position.