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Introduction to Modern Drama Study

Question 2 • RMA FL-1001370-English 3 Semester 2

Read the excerpt from Trifles, by Susan Glaspell. COUNTY ATTORNEY. No—it’s not cheerful. I shouldn’t say she had the homemaking instinct.MRS. HALE. Well, I don’t know as Wright had, either. COUNTY ATTORNEY. You mean that they didn’t get on very well? MRS. HALE. No, I don’t mean anything. But I don’t think a place’d be any cheerfuller for John Wright’s being in it.Which feminist theme is most supported by the excerpt?

Answer
A
Women artists face difficult paths when pursuing careers.
B
Women need to feel they are determining their own fate.
C
Women often suffer silently within male-dominated societies.
D
Women are often expected to challenge the roles set by society.
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