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400 words of ideas are briefly integrated to compare/contrast how women's and men's roles are portrayed in the two plays, Fences and Trifles with how women's and men's roles are today.

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Using characters, themes, and some quotes, 400 words of personal notes briefly describe how gender roles are portrayed in the two plays, Fences and Trifles.

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As you briefly compare/contrast how women's and men's roles are portrayed in the two plays ( Fences and Trifles ) with how women's and men's roles are today, women today are granted to access to resources, more equality in law and marriage than women in Trifles.

First, I definitely feel that gender issues definitely dominate Trifles. When reflecting upon Minnie's depressing life, it is apparent that her character clearly reflects how women are unequal to men in status in society and are thus subjugated in terms of unfair power dynamics. Through the characters of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, there is an eminent sense of ...

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