Glaspell


 * In your commentary, please remember these guidelines.**

1. Your response MUST be more than an "I agree" or "I disagree" or "That's right." 2. Use your conversation cards when responding. 3. Every response must have an explanation or a justification; you should have reasonable supporting evidence. 4. Respond to the question focused by the **//__bold faced, italicized, underlined__//** subject. 5. Read other postings, and add substantial commentary by furthering ideas. 6. This assignment is worth 20 points. 7. Each response that follows the above guidelines earns 1 point. 8. One additional point can be earned for including a direct reference, properly cited.

Susan Glaspell is one of the key figures in the book. As a young woman with a college education and a determination to have an independent life and career, she was unusual in her era. Glaspell serves as a kind of interpreter of events in MIDNIGHT ASSASSIN--first as a journalist; then later as a playwright and fiction writer.

How does Glaspell's **__//view//__** of Mrs. Hossack change between December 1900 and April 1901? In Glaspell's newspaper accounts, what //**__impression__**// does she give her readers of Mrs. Hossack and the community in which she lived? In what ways can you see the __**//influence//**__ of the Hossack case on //Trifles// or "A Jury of Her Peers"?