In-class thesis statement revision and sample outline:
Through analysis of this drama it can be determined that This dead canary, what would be a small detail to the men, helps the women understand that Mrs. Wright committed the murder as well as offers insight into the mitigating circumstances for the homicide.
- The word trifles and the article
- How the women find the canary and how they make sense of it
- Women don’t suspect Mrs. Wright at first, then they uncover her motive
- How the men would have treated it—why the women hide it from them
- Mitigating circumstances–explained
The most important detail that Susan Glaspell adds in the play is the dead bird with a strangled neck. It reveals the motive for the murder to the women, but sadly it is overlooked by the men.
- Women’s understanding of Mrs. And Mr. W’s relationship
- Mr. Hale’s observations/opinions—leads to how the men view the detail about the relationship as not important—think about Fisher’s comments about the attorney’s dismissiveness
- Discuss the motive and how the women make sense of it
- Final moments in which the bird is hidden, etc
According to Fisher, the preserves “seem to symbolize not only the entire state of Mr. and Mrs. Wright’s marriage (first, deceptively sweet, and protected; now broken and decaying), but also how the men and women act in response to it” (the men ignoring the mess completely; the women, on the other hand, pondering not only how it got broken, but how they can salvage what’s left of it (45) .
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