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Trifles: Negative Impact Of Isolation

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a. The story “Trifles” shows the negative impact of isolation on the housewife, Mrs. Wright. Mr. Wright is discovered dead in his home in puzzling circumstances. The investigators in his murder discover information which helps them to conclude that Mr. Wright was murdered by his wife. In “A Rose for Emily” it shows the harmful effects of being confined from the general public, which leads Emily to succumb to sadness and lose her mental state. Emily kills her significant other, so he cannot leave her and keeps his dead body upstairs in her attic. Both Emily and Mrs. Wright kill the men in their lives due to their isolation and the negative effects it has on their mental state of mind.

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