The women in the play find several items that indicate Mrs. Wright's household routine was abruptly interrupted. The interruption was likely caused by

The interruption was likely caused by the death of Mr. Wright which led to the arrest of Mrs. Wright, thus, the incomplete household work.

Explanation:

Susan Glaspell's play "Trifles" revolves around the murder of Mr. Wright while his wife was asleep. But the wife was wrongfully accused of that murder and kept captive for trial.

When the Sheriff came along with the county attorney and the others to observe the crime scene, they found that some things were left lying, as if they had been left abruptly. The dishes/ utensils were left unwashed under the sink, "a loaf of bread outside the bread-box, a dish-towel on the table—other signs of incompleted work." This must be because when Mr. Wright's death was discovered, Hale immediately called Harry and took the man down and thus, began the crime investigation. And since Mrs. Wright was the only one present during the "killing" of her husband, she was the first suspect to be taken which must have been why she had to abandon all things undone and be taken to the station.

Moreover, Hale also mentioned how "queer" Mrs. Wright looked when he asked her about the death, remarking that she just sat on the rocking chair and pleated her apron, with not much of an expression on her face.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

answer: the sentence in the text that contains both the topic and the author's single most important idea about the topic

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