William Faulkners A Rose for Emily and Susan Glaspells...

The human mind is a fragile thing. It can be both strengthen and broken down easily. Actions and even words can be the thing to kill a person mentally. Physically harming or locking away a person can lead to mental and bodily withdrawal. Harming a person with words can leave lasting effects and always stay within a persons psyche. Oppressing and locking away a persons true nature or desires can cause someone to act in way that he or she has never behaved before. When done by a loved one, it can affect a person even more. In William Faulkners â€Å"A Rose for Emily† and Susan Glaspells â€Å"Trifles†, two different women are kept mentally and physically locked away by a person who is supposed to love and protect them. Though Emily and Mrs. Wright†¦show more content†¦People seen that â€Å"she use to wear pretty clothes and be lively- when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls and [sung] in the choir† (A Jury). It was noticeable to others that she had hanged after getting married. People in the town knew about Mr. Wrights character. They said that he was a good but cold man. He liked to keep his personal life and house quite, giving off a unhappy feeling to others. Mrs. Hale said, â€Å"Yes- good; he didnt drink†¦kept his word†¦and paid his debt. But he was a hard man, Mrs. Peters. Just to [spend] the day with him (Shivers.) Like a raw wind that gets to the bone† (Trifles 1417). They did not have any children or pets and that also added to Mrs. Wright loneliness. He was also gone off to work for most of the day, leaving Mrs. Wright at home by herself. Emilys father suppressed all of her inner desires. He kept her down to the point that she was not allowed to grow and change with the things around her. When â€Å"garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated†¦only Miss Emilys house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps† (Rose 217 ). Even when he died, she was still unable to get accustom to the changes around her. The traditions that her and her father continued to participate in even when others stopped, were also a way that her father kept her under his thumb. The people of the town helped inShow MoreRelatedCharacter Analysis Of Susan Glaspell s Trifles 1714 Words   |  7 PagesPaper 2 In both A Rose for Emily written by William Faulkner and Trifles written by Susan Glaspell loneliness, poverty and isolation consume the lives of the characters. Susan Glaspell’s play â€Å"Trifles† written in 1916. In this play the author’s talks of her preoccupation with culture- bound notions of gender and sex roles. Glaspell says women are considered trifles which mean they are not important to society which is carried out by men (Baym, p. 742). In Trifles written by Susan Glaspell the time