Determine what you think is the overarching theme(s) of the play.

Please write a 5-6 page essay (with MLA in-text citations and Work Cited page) in which you analyze how the discussion of
Mrs. Wirght’s quilt embodies the major themes of Trifles.

1. Look for the specific dialogue in the play that discusses the quilt.

2. Determine what you think is the overarching theme(s) of the play.

3. Your thesis statement needs to make the correlation between the quilt and the theme(s) explicit.

Must provide enough evidence from the writing of the play itself. For the final draft, consider
looking back over the list of poetic devices (terminology) and see how you might integrate some more of these specific terms in
your analysis, especially those related to form and sound. Clarify your ideas at the sentence-level as well. Do not use unclear
antecedent, it may be unclear who or what “This” refers to. Do not use repeative words such as “poem” and “this”. When you write
up the explication, remember that the goal is to get to the deeper meaning of this play through a detailed analysis of its formal
elements.
Your thesis needs to explicitly connect symbolic elements of the story to what you perceive to be the main theme. Organize your
essay by having each paragraph take up a new symbol, show us how it is used in the story (using direct quotation), and tell us what it symbolizes.

PLAY AVAILABLE HERE:
https://www.doanestuart.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Trifles.pdf

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