"The Revolt of Mother"
"Nobility of character manifests itself at loop-holes when it is not provided with large doors."
I thought this line was great foreshadowing. After I read this line I knew she was going to take a chance and let her husband know what she really thought. Neither her son or her husband in the beginning would even really explain why, when or how they were building this new barn. She was never asked her opinion on it, she was not provided and "large doors" of opportunities to speak her mind, but she definitely let it be know how she felt which showed the strength in her character. It was a very effective line and I continually thought of it as I read.
Trifles
[Then Mrs. Hale rises, hands tight together, looking intensely at Mrs. Peters, whose eyes make a slow turn, finally meeting Mrs. Hales. A moment Mrs. Hale holds her, then her own eyes point the way to where the box is concealed.]
After this is stated the women take turns trying to hide the bird and the box all why just exchanging glaces. I liked how they communicated this way, with out using words because that been a joke amongst women about how we can just read each other with out using words. It services the whole story because it is the women who figure out the mystery while the men just laugh them off!
As Children together
"So standing in a platter of ice outside a catholic dance hall you took their collars in your fine chilled hands and lied your age to adulthood"
I like how this woman stood on "a platter of ice". The wording made me think of a platter of food, like she was helpless peice of food being served. The next line states that she took their collars, as if she were in control of the situation and lied herself to adulthood. I think it fits so well with the poem because that is a reoccurring thing. She acts older with men and then is thrown away. I really liked this line.
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