For Phyllis Young only

You will need to read chapters 27 and 29 as well as the short play Trifles by Susan Glaspell to respond to this week's questions.  As we talk about this play and the issues of plot and staging, we need to think about what makes drama so different from the other genres of literature we have been working on this semester.  The most striking difference is the fact that a dramatic work can be both read by a single reader and/or performed live by a group of people who collaborate on how the play/movie/TV show will be presented to an audience.  As we read plays, we should try to keep these elements of collaboration and presentation in mind to get a full sense of drama in all its dimensions.

For this response, read Trifles and answer these questions.

1.  In your opinion, did the characters in the play make the right choices in the end?  Why or why not?

2.  Susan Glaspell also wrote Trifles as a short story called "A Jury of Her Peers."  Which do you think is the better title?  Why?

Support both of your responses with specific evidence from the play, and be sure to cite page numbers in your text.  (It is not necessary to include Glaspell's name in your citations, since your answer will have made it clear you are referring to her play.)

This Is another assignment , it is just one page .

as we continue to work on the research papers, we will be discussing this week's reading as well as revisiting the issue of how to cite sources correctly. For this response, read chapters 27 and 29.  Choose one page from each chapter and summarize it in your own words, getting its main point(s) across without using any direct quotations.  Be sure to cite your source within your text.  Please remember that failure to cite all sources correctly within your text is a form of plagiarism and will severely impact your grade, so this is a critical skill in researched writing.