`Trifles` by Susan Glaspell, `Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl` by Harriet Jacobs, `Rip Van Winkle` by Washington Irving, `My Kinsman, Major Molineaux` by Nathaniel Hawthorne, `Babylon Revisited` by F. Scott Fitzgerald, `Barn Burning` by William Faul

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1 . The ironic manifestation of men 's attitude towards women in Susan Glaspell 's play is that they wanted to find solution in an instant Because they have seen that Mrs . Wright is the only person in the house when they saw Mr . Wright 's dead body , she was already been connoted as the suspect without evidences . They already judge the woman 's actions without justifications of anything within and beyond her . Based on my interpretation , Galspell used Trifles

' as the titles of her play because this is the depiction of the two women in the story - Mrs . Hale and Mrs . Peters . These two women wanted to justify the claims of the authority against Mrs . Wright through her things because these are important to the suspect . Even if these are trifles , these are the manifestations of her actions towards or against her dead husband . Women always look at the small details while they gathered Mrs . Wright 's things for her imprisonment . Through this way of gathering things , they also gathered some possible means of evidences that might help the suspect from the authority 's claim against her . It shows that they have clearer probability rather than the men who always look to them as trifle searchers

2 . In Harriet Jacobs 's story entitled Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ' she made a significant attempt to take control of her own life despite of being a slave . Unlike other slaves , Jacobs finds her dignity within her . Despite of the physical and emotional abuse of the Norcoms Jacobs tried to deconstruct their malicious , illogical , and inconsiderable actions against her . Her way of hiding from her slavers from 1835 to 1842 is an opportunity to nurture her self again after a long time of unfair judgment and discrimination . Jacobs attempted to take control of her self by seeking opportunity for escape and fight for her sense of individuality . Even if her slaves continue to look at her as nothing but a slave , she took at as a dignifying sense to strengthen her character and knowledge . She makes sure that before she goes out from the storage room that she had hidden for seven years , she is already prepared and strong enough to face everyone despite of their meaningless deprivation against her . Through this , it was seen that she made a way to claim her personality that once took away from her

3 . In Washington Irving 's story entitled Rip Van Winkle ' the narrator showed that personal matters are more important than politics The narrator of the story established the life and beings of the main character . He lived in a simple but happy life . He had a wonderful farm but he could not nurture it . Because of this , his father always beat him but despite of it all , he is still happy and contented . This representation showed that a simple and meaningful life away from political afflictions brings happy moments in a...