David Ives

What is the significance of the play’s last line, spoken by Mrs. Hale: “We call it–knot it, Mr. Henderson.”

Freytag’s pyramid 1. Relying on Freytag’s pyramid (p. 851), outline the plot structure of Glaspell’s “Trifles,” and Ives’ “The Blizzard.” 2. What are the clues that lead the women in “Trifles” to discover the murder and its motive? 3. Why do the men fail to see the clues that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover? […]

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