Marriage in ;Trifles; and ;The Story of an Hour;. Both "Trifles" and "The Story of an Hour" focus on death-a murder and an accident-and what these catastrophes reveal about relationships between men and women, more specifically, marriage. "Trifles" theme is captured in its title: Men dismiss women's concerns as 'trifles.' They do so to such an extent that they cannot understand a murder, the motive for which is patently obvious to the other women involved. In "The Story of an Hour" a women dies of disappointment when it is revealed that her husband was not killed in a train disaster. Both pieces use irony to illustrate the hollowness of marriage. 3 pgs. 0 f/c. 0b. Pages: 3 Bibliography: 0 source(s) listed Filename: 3452 Hollowness Irony Marriage.doc Price: 26.85

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