Posted by Kristi Vang (67.174.158.14) on June 21, 2005 at 7:01:15 p.m.:
In Reply to: Re: Unit 2 "A Jury..." and Trifles Question 5 posted by Kammy Sahota on June 20, 2005 at 8:51:33 p.m.:
>>Drama vs. Short Story:
>>Explain why you prefer one version of Glaspell's story over the other.
Hi Kammy,
I disagree with you that the story leaves little to the imagination, rather, I think it requires more than the play did. In the play the scene and setting are given, and this leads to a particular feelings as reading it. In the story version where the setting and scene are not developed imagination is required to fill in the blanks. The story allows the reader to visualize the setting and scene according to their own life experiences. The more varied the readers life experiences are, the more options are available.
>Personally I had more fun reading the play as opposed to the short story. The story leaves little to the immagination and leads you down a path that maybe you do not want to go down. When reading the play you are allowed to add to the story in your own way. For instance I could see this being acted really well in a susupense thriller movie or really over the top and cheesy in a kind of bad thriller movie and I enjoyed reading it with both interpretations in mind. The short story leaned towards the well put together movie, but it hindered that immagination as far as making this some low grade late night B movie with over the top acting. I thought a lot of the internal stuff that was at the forefront of the short story was more ambigous in the play that left it open for great interpretation that lead to my reading it as this both very serious and not so serious story.