Trifles and Cuban Swimmer Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 4 pages of analysis of Trifles and Cuban Swimmer.

Trifles and Cuban Swimmer Essay | Essay

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Trifles and Cuban Swimmer

Summary: An analysis of two stories: "The Cuban Swimmer" by Milcha Sanchez-Scott and "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell.
Mrs. Wright and Margarita are timely examples of the age old saying, "You've pushed me too far." Both of them were pushed throughout life to live up to someone else's expectations and in their own way they break and handle it they only way they know how. The women are under constant pressure to be someone that another person expects them to be and both women begin giving in to the expectations they can no longer live up to. Mrs. Wright lashes out in revenge while Margarita gives in and almost falls to her death. The characters both symbolize exactly what overwhelming emotions can do to a person and how in fact they may handle it.

Mrs. Wright is being accused of murdering her husband, and all the evidence points to her, but if you look in her past the motive is clear. Mrs. Wright was pushed to...

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