Posted by Tatyana LAzukova (24.23.55.15) on June 20, 2005 at 10:20:28 p.m.:
In Reply to: Re: Unit 2 "A Jury..." and Trifles Question 1 posted by kristi Vang on June 20, 2005 at 9:17:50 p.m.:
You provided very thorough response to the question which demonstrates your understanding of both the play and the story. YOu seem to understand the differences between the play and the story. YOu seem to understand the importnace of description of the sheriff's wife and Mrs. Hale. I agree with your opinion that the kitchen description in the "Trifles" has deeper emotional content.Good answer.
>In the opening scene of the play the setting is significantly different than that of the story with much more emotional content given. Both stories talked about the cold weather and a dismal environment, but the "The Trifles" has much more of gloomy context. Somehow the kitchen description in "The Trifles" sounds much more foreboding, and more frightening then the kitchen in the short story "A Jury of Her Peers". The reference to unwashed pans, bread out of the box, and incompleted work seem incongruent with Mrs. Wright. The description of the sheriff's wife and Mrs. Hale are much more developed in the play than they are in the introduction to the short story. This gives them a greater depth of character and an introduction to role they may participate in later on in the play.
>>Drama vs. Short Story:
>>In the opening scene of the story how is the setting established differently from the way it is in the play?