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MRS PETERS: She said she wanted an apron. Funny thing to want, for there isn’t much to get you dirty in jail, goodness knows. But I suppose just to make her feel more natural. She said they was in the top drawer in this cupboard. Yes, here. And then her little shawl that always hung behind the door. (opens stair door and looks) Yes, here it is. (Quickly shuts door leading upstairs.)

—Trifles, Susan Glaspell

She was locked up in the county jail here last night at 8:30. She manifested no emotion, took her arrest calmly and absolutely declined to make any statement concerning her guilt or innocence.

Members of the Hossack family are standing by her solidly, but public sentiment is overwhelmingly against her.

—“She Prepares to Fight,” Susan Glaspell

What is a key similarity or difference between these accounts?

Both accounts provide evidence that the woman feels uncomfortable in jail and misses domestic items from her home.

In the play, characters are sympathetic toward the jailed woman. In the article, most people are against the jailed woman.(answer)

In the play, the jailed woman is concerned about domestic matters. In the article, the woman worries her family’s opinions.

Answer 1

The main difference between the play 'Trifles' and the article is that the former shows sympathy towards the jailed woman, while the latter depicts public sentiment against her.

The key difference between the two accounts of the jailed woman in Susan Glaspell's works, a play titled Trifles and a news article, lies in the perspectives on the character's situation. In the play Trifles, the female characters exhibit sympathy toward the jailed woman, Mrs. Wright, by focusing on her domestic life and the importance of the small details, or 'trifles,' such as her concern for her preserves and her apron. Conversely, the news article portrays a public sentiment that is overwhelmingly against her, lacking the personal insight and understanding that the female characters provide in the play.

Answer 2

Answer is In the play, characters are sympathetic toward the jailed woman. In the article, most people are against the jailed woman.

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