... test of time at the same time. The second novel we read that showed literary merit was, Trifles by Susan Glaspell (1876-1948). The novel is about a man, Mr. Wright, who was strangled to death supposedly by his wife, Mrs. Wright, and a group of women who are worrying over things that are "trifle." Unknowingly to the ... not Raj's son" (Lahiri 48). This is showing us how the style is something of taboo. She had an affair and the boy isn't the husband's son. This is part of the plot. It shows that we are never truly happy with what we have in life. She married her husband and had an affair....

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• Grade Level: High School