Select the correct answer.
read the excerpts from susan glaspell’s play trifles and from her short story “a jury of her peers.” both excerpts narrate a particular event in a different manner. which statement best describes the difference between glaspell’s short story and the play?
from trifles:
county attorney: well, mr hale, tell just what happened when you came here yesterday morning.
hale: harry and i had started to town with a load of potatoes . .
from “a jury of her peers”:
"well, mr. hale," said the county attorney, in a way of letting what was past and gone go, "tell just what happened when you came here yesterday morning."
mrs. hale, still leaning against the door, had that sinking feeling of the mother whose child is about to speak a piece. lewis often wandered along and got things mixed up in a story. she hoped he would tell this straight and plain, and not say unnecessary things that would just make things harder for minnie foster. he didn't begin at once, and she noticed that he looked queer—as if standing in that kitchen and having to tell what he had seen there yesterday morning made him almost sick.
"yes, mr. hale? " the county attorney reminded.
"harry and i had started to town with a load of potatoes," mrs. hale's husband began.
a.
the play focuses on more significant details of the narrative than the short story.
b.
the short story describes the mental state of each character better than the play.
c.
the play illustrates the characters in a more explanatory manner than the short story.
d.
the characters in the play have different views than the characters in the short story.

Explanation:

B

The right answer is the B) The short story describes the mental state of each character better than the play.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that the narrative in the excerpt from the play is very brief and objective, so option A can be discarded. In addition, it does not reveal any trait or opinion from the characters, so option D can also be discarded. Furthermore, the play does not explain how the characters were, so option C should be discarded as well. It is the short story, “A Jury of Her Peers,” the one that describes the mental state of each character in a more precise way. The County Attorney is trying to be understanding and patient, Mr. Hale seems dubious and intimated, and Mrs. Hale is concerned about her husband and about the testimony that he is about to provide.      

answer: "the beating heart symbolizes the narrator's conscience, or his sense of guilt and wrongdoing" so its b

explanation:

"to look at him, or hear him describe it, he had no guilt. however, poe decided to symbolize this man's subconscious guilt through the heartbeat."

explanation:

you only need simple sentences to answer this. just answer these questions.

what do you think annie thinks of the mother? do you think annie believes the mother is a fit mother for helen.

what about the father? what would annie think of him? she might not like him, but does she respect him.

how about the son? would annie think he is the only voice of sanity in an insane place?

what about helen herself? this is the key question. how does she see helen? what do you suppose she thought her first job was going to be.

these aren't hard questions. just state the obvious. annie is not that well educated: she just knows what she has to do. write it that way.

you can do it if you've read the book or seen the play or movie.