Homework 4.3.08

After reading A Jury of Her Peers and Trifles by Susan Glaspell many differences can be seen. Trifles is written as more of a dialogue and meant to be read by different individuals acting it out as a play. I found reading it to be difficult since it was hard ti picture where each of the characters was, from the italicized notes. It was also hard to understand as a single reader since minor details, such as each individual character's feelings, are excluded from the dialogue. A Jury of Her Peers is much easier to comprehend if only one reader is reading it. The version also seemed to proved the reader with a more thorough analysis of what is going on inside each character's mind and the subtle glances between the two women, which are crucial to the story. I felt that neither story included more cultural or historical analyses, thus, a historical analysis would be written the same way for either version. Both versions include similar details relating to the time in which the story is set. In conclusion, I found Trifles to be more confusing since it was difficult to follow the dialogue format. If Trifles had been acted out in front of me, versus independently read, it would have been easier to understand. A Jury of Her Peers clearly and concisely laid out everything that was happening inside the house.