Research Workshop: Writing and Presenting the Argumentative Essay, Part 2 — Cumulative exam
Question 23 • GA-Literature and Composition III
Which excerpt from part one of Trifles contains a stage direction that contributes to the character development of Mrs. Hale?
Answer
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MRS. HALE (shaking her head). I’ve not seen much of her of late years. I’ve not been in this house—it’s more than a year.
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MRS. HALE (looking about). It never seemed a very cheerful place.
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MRS. HALE. I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing. (She arranges the pans under sink which the Lawyer had shoved out of place.)
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MRS. HALE (eyes fixed on a loaf of bread beside the breadbox, which is on a low shelf at the other side of the room. Moves slowly toward it.) She was going to put this in there.