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triflesoutline.docxEnglish 1102
Trifles Outline
Focus: Character development
· Development of female characters
Sources: https://archive.org/details/ajuryofherpeers_20170531
http://www.english.unt.edu/~simpkins/Trifles.pdf
https://www.wpcc.edu/archives/performingarts/Jury_Of_Her_Peers.pdf
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Sheriffs Wife
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Minnie Burke |
Neighbor |
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Stuck up |
Seemed down about her husband’s death |
Rebellious |
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Standoffish towards the neighbors views |
Then she seemed quite cold or indifferent |
Smart aleck |
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Conformed to husbands commands and views |
-DEVELOPMENT- |
Defensive (against the authority) |
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She was considered “one of them” (them = the sheriff and his company) |
Seems relieved -asking for items from home that makes her comfortable -checking on her only joy (her preservatives) |
Seems very hard and stern when speaking to the investigators |
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Had quite conservative views |
Was able to think and ha a sense of freedom |
Does not care for authority or their thought |
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-Development- |
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Out spoken |
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Begins to empathize with Minnie |
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-Development- |
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Realizes the awful living conditions and quality of life she had to live with (i.e. broken stove, no heat, cracked windows, no enjoyment, no freedom, etc) |
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Empathizes with her friend and with that she opened the sheriffs wife’s mind and eyes to their old friends reality (how mistreated and caged she was by her husband) |
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Was able to analyze Minnie’s home life better |
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Started to believe Minnie did the crime but covered for her because living conditions were deplorable |
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Covered for Minnie |
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assertive |
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