In "The Revolt of Mother" written by Mary Wilkins Freeman, the image that struck me the most was "she held her head as if it bore a crown." This struck me the most in the text because she was standing up for what she wanted and back then you did not find that a lot. Often the women just sat there and watched their husbands run their lives but finally she was standing up to her husband. I can just see her standing in the doorway with a crown on her head with her head held up high. This image reflects the poem as a whole because in the end when her husband in away she finally takes action and moves into the new house without her husbands approval.
In the play "Trifles" written by Susan Glaspell the image that struck me the most was "and just went on pleatin' her apron." This image struck me the most because I was shocked that a woman who just lost her husband was just sitting in a rocking chair and pleating her apron, like nothing even happened. This reaction came about because I would of thought she would have been hysterical. I felt sorry for the woman that she was so alone. This image plays into the text as a whole because the woman ends up in jail, being accused of killing her husband. However, if she had reacted differently to the murder maybe she would not have been in jail.
In the poem "As Children Together" written by Carolyn Forche, the image that struck me the most was "the buttons of your blouses in their teeth." This image struck me the most because it showed very explicitly what this woman did that the writer was talking about. This woman was having intimate relationships with a lot of men. This image reflects the poem as a whole because she is writing to this woman about her past and her being with a lot of men is a big part of her past that she is writing about.
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I completely agree with your reaction to Trifles. I could not believe she was so calm. Because of this is definitely saw it as a foreshadowing. I had a feeling from the very beginning that she was responsible for her husband's death because of her calm demeanor.
I think in Trifles you unknowingly brought up a good point about the piece. Trifles really seems to show woman not only as having a keen eye for details, but also for the unspoken understanding between them. You said that you felt sorry for the women since she was alone. I felt the same way. We understand her pain and her living with a monster (or the passage makes her dead husband to be that). However, the fact still remains that she killed her husband. Funny how we as women sympathize with a killer!
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