Similarities Between Helen And Tedeek

These two stories were also very different, they were written in different views. The second story was written in first person, it told a story about a past experience. The first story was very general, it related to many women readers,

In some ways both short stories were written with some similarities in mind. In both of the short stories that were told there was a death taken place which is a sad thing in stories that could affect the mood of the reader. After the death there is someone to clean it up and keep it secret so no one would know In both of the stories there is unique writing styles used to add effect to the story. These are some of the things that were used in both stories that kind of put them together as

Lastly, in both of the versions, their mothers both had a nervous breakdown because they died. When there are similarities, there are differences. First of all in the radio play, the narrator was a male. In the T.V. episode, the narrator/main character was a female. Next, in the play, the narrator had an accident

Firstly, the central conflict in each work is murder; they both revolve around the main characters’ plans and actions of this terrible crime. Both stories share the same plot ideal, but differ in murder execution and justification. In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, the narrator murders his victim, possibly a family member of his, because he could not stand to look at his eye anymore. He recites, “I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (331). One pale eye, with a film over it that resembled a vulture, influenced the murder of the old man. The execution occurred when the narrator, “Dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him” (333). The narrator smothered the old man until he suffocated and died. However, in “The Cask of Amontillado”, the narrator, Montressor, desires to kill his friend, Fortunato, because he insulted his family’s honor, and he wanted revenge. Montressor utters, “When he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge” (190). His murder was executed by trapping his victim in a walled-up enclosure, in the deep vaults of a remote crypt on his property. Montressor explains “With these materials (building stone and mortar) and with the aid of my trowel, I began vigorously to wall up the entrance of the niche” (193). Both narrators committed cruel, unnecessary murders, and they could be considered psychotic.

“A Jury of Her Peers” and “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell are the same stories, but in different literary formats. These stories are based on the stereotype of women in society in the early 1900s. The roles of women as anything other than homemakers were downgraded. The stories showed how men, of that time, never considered just how hard women worked doing all of the household chores every day. These stories showed women who were treated like children and have no meaning in the workforce or anything else besides serving the men. “A Jury of Her Peers” and “Trifles” share the same plot; however, “Trifles” is a play and “A Jury of Her Peers” is a short story. This makes the same story be told differently because of the genres of literature. A play is represented in a theatrical performance or on film. A short story is a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel. It was easier to read the play rather than read the short story. However, the short story gave more content towards the story Glaspell was telling her readers by showing the point of view of both the men and women, while “Trifles” just explains the story.

The primary focus of both stories is about arranged marriages, which both women experienced. Hana’s education was a rarity for women in her family. “Hana had too much schooling for a girl” (Uchida 101). Lili has the privilege of being in America and getting an excellent education. Both women’s families are traditional in their beliefs and customs. Lili’s “family” is he elderly Mrs. Pan, as both of her parents are dead. Hana’s family is traditional because she lives in the country where her customs originate. Lili and Hana are of Asian descent, and in their twenties. Lastly, both of the women are looking for love. Hana went out of her way to marry Taro, and Lili allowed Mrs. Pan to arrange her

There is one major difference surrounding death in the two pieces. Both authors have a different outcome on the way they view deaths. Borowski only remains numb to deaths for a small time. By the end,

The similarities that both of these stories had was that innocent people died on behalf of the people who didn’t want to speak up. Those people who died in both stories had nothing to do with what happened. Like in The Crucible, if Danforth spoke up more he would get in less trouble than he did, he wouldn’t have died or suffered the consequences the girls were supposed to get. The girls got off the hook and many people believed in them even the townspeople. In the Dying Girl story she died screaming for help with the neighbors hearing her but yet on one person called the police the other watch as if nothing happened. Those people that heard her scream ain’t do nothing but listen. Most of the people didn’t even pay attention to her. People who can clearly see her get killed didn’t speak up.

Also, each play has women making decision for other women. This is human nature at its finest. People want to make decisions for other people. It is a basic desire to want to sway another person’s opinion. Even when teaching another person, opinions are passed along through most lessons. Control can be explicit or subliminal. Telling your wife, she can’t behave a certain way would be explicit. Saying “Women are used to worrying over trifles” has a more subliminal tone. Both plays are about control of women and their actions. In one play the woman are expected to give into men’s judgment, while in the other the women are generally ignored. Both plays have women portrayed as play things that are not meant to have

Firstly, the play “Trifles” is a genre more focused on the items throughout the book that lend itself to continue chapter by chapter using different items to enhance the story. In “A Jury of Her Peers” Glaspell uses more or less the same dialogue from the play but intensifies it with the story focusing on characters such as Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. The short story adds a more descriptive insight into the story allowing us as readers to dive deep into the emotions and minds of its characters. The play does not do this as well due to the fact that it was written so that the actors and actresses on stage can portray the emotions and help develop the story through there acting. In the play, the items are the things that judge Minnie Foster whereas the story uses Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters to interpret the objects and tell the story that way. The other main difference is that the male characters have more depth in the short story than in the play.

     In the stories, there were both positive and negative aspects and characteristics that the two protagonists possessed. Both women were thought insane and although they may not have been originally, being locked up made other

Thesis: Death is the main theme of both short stories and both authors portrayed this dark and dreary idea as a game the characters are playing.

The main character in both stories are alike because both of them killed in order to fulfil their needs. In (RFE), the narrator remarks, “When her father died, it got about that the house was all that was left to her; and in a way, people were glad. At last they could pity Miss Emily. Being

Dalai Lama once said, “Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.” There are similarities and differences of Madame Loisel from Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” and Eckels from Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”. Eckels is a hunter who ventures into the past to hunt a dinosaur but makes atrocious choices with consequences. Madame Loisel is a lady who gets invited to a social event and borrows a diamond necklace from her friend. Afterwards, she borrows a diamond necklace and loses it, resulting in repercussions for both her and her husband. Both of them share character traits, experiences and characterizations. However, they are distinctly contrasting from one another, in regards to their background and outcome.

Women were always fighting for their rights and freedom, like the two plays are trying to announce a powerful message. Trifles by Susan Glaspell and an episode of Law and Order: SVU is totally different from each other. The first play in 1918 shows how women were housewives to their husbands, and they had not a lot of freedom to do what they want. The second play is more in modern times, but still it has victims of sexual crimes, such as rape and domestic abuse, mostly black woman's.