Posted by Kristi Vang (67.174.158.14) on June 21, 2005 at 6:53:50 p.m.:
In Reply to: Re: Unit 2 "A Jury..." and Trifles Question 5 posted by Maggie Campbell on June 20, 2005 at 9:10:55 p.m.:
>>Drama vs. Short Story:
>>Explain why you prefer one version of Glaspell's story over the other.
Hi Maggies,
I agree that the play gave out much more detail, and therefore; requires less imagination than the story version. I sometimes as well like the aspect of not being given all the details. I find that plays are often hard to read because the writing style is different from the story version. One is almost forced to adapt a particular frame of reference in a play that is not neccessarily so in a written story. The written story allows one to fill in the detail as one so desires.
> I enjoyed “A Jury of Her Peers” much more than I did Trifles. I enjoyed it more because of all the detail to what was going on. With Trifles I had to imagine a lot of the filler information for myself. And with “A Jury of Her Peers” I found it easier to read because all of the information I needed to compile was already right in front of me. I would not say I hated to read the play version it was enjoyable, but I would rather see a play than to read one. With the story I could see myself talking with Mrs. Hale in her kitchen and could see how daily life transpired. Glaspell’s versions of the same story are incredible works of art, but for me I prefer to read the story version rather than the play.