Trifles vs. A Jury of her Peers

SWA #7: TRIFLES vs. A JURY OF HER PEERS:
First read Glaspell'S play; then read the short story version of it;
Compare the two versions and compare the advantages and disadvantages of each form.
Does either form lend itself more easily to Cultural/Historical analysis? Why?

Trifles starts out with them discovering that there is man that died from being strangled by a rope. Hale was the first one on the scene because he was going to see if John wanted a telephone put in, but Mrs. Wright was acting shady and rocking back and forth on a chair. The trifles come into play with the men discussing how the women worry about the little things, such as fruit, but somebody has to take care of the little things and they might as well do it since they don't have any other jobs. However, as the men are out looking for evidence it starts to seem as if the women are finding more details about what was going on. The women discover a pretty bird cage, and then the bird analogy that is created about her being like a bird herself could actually be applied to all the women since this is a period of time that the women had to do the household chores, and the men thought they were superior. This is why the ladies also understand the significance of the bird being strangled and put in a pretty box. Mrs. Wright was the one that wanted to bury it, because she treasured the bird.

A jury of her peers was very short, but the being picked up in a buggy creates the cultural time zone. It is not very detailed, but the fact that a crime has happened and the Mrs. Hale still feels she failed at her duty of being a good neighbor and going to say hey exists. The advantage of the first one is that there are many details, and you know what the crime is as well as hints as to why it occured. The second one has the advantage of suspense, and allowing the reader to know that the two ladies are not close to one another in real life. A disadvantage of the first one is that the men do not listen well enough or pay enough attention to the women for them to get the evidence. The disadvantage of the second is how short it is makes it not detailed enough to pick up on the murder. Neither really has more cultural or historical data than the other.