Question

Read the excerpts from Susan Glaspell's play Trifles and from her short story "A Jury of Her Peers." Both excerpts narrate a particular event in a

different manner. Which statement best describes the difference between Glaspells short story and the play?
From Trifles:
COUNTY ATTORNEY: Well, Mr Hale, tell just what happened when you came here yesterday morning
morning
HALE: Harry and I had started to town with a load of potatoes...
From "A Jury of Her Peers":
"Well, Mr. Hale," said the county attorney, in a way of letting what was past and gone go, "tell just what happened when you came here
yesterday morning."
Mrs. Hale, still leaning against the door, had that sinking feeling of the mother whose child is about to speak a piece. Lewis often wandered
along and got things mixed up in a story. She hoped he would tell this straight and plain, and not say unnecessary things that would just make
things harder for Minnie Foster. He didn't begin at once, and she noticed that he looked queer—as if standing in that kitchen and having to tell
what he had seen there yesterday morning made him almost sick.
"Yes, Mr. Hale?" the county attorney reminded.
"Harry and I had started to town with a load of potatoes," Mrs. Hale's husband began.

A.
The play focuses on more significant details of the narrative than the short story

B.
The short story describes the mental state of each character better than the play.

C.
The play illustrates the characters in a more explanatory manner than the short story

D.
The characters in the play have different views than the characters in the short story.​

Answer 1

its A

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: I would contend that the right answer is the B) The short story describes the mental state of each character better than the play.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that options A and C can be easily discarded, since it is the short story, "A Jury of Her Peers," and not the play, the one that provides more detail and explanations, judging at least from these excerpts. Since the play does not provide any information about the characters, it is not possible to know if they have different views than their counterparts in the short story, so option D can also be discarded. Option B is, therefore, the correct option, since the short story does describe the mental state of the characters—the county attorney and Mrs. and Mr. Hale—in more detail, helping the reader to better understand them. It describes, for instance, how the attorney posed the question ("in a way of letting what was past and gone go") and Mrs. Hale's concern about the way her husband would reply to it.