Read the excerpt from Trifles. SHERIFF. Nothing here but kitchen things. (The County Attorney, after again looking around the ki
tchen, opens the door of a cupboard closet. He gets up on a chair and looks on a shelf. Pulls his hand away, sticky.) COUNTY ATTORNEY. Here's a nice mess. (The women draw nearer.) How would an audio recording of this excerpt help establish the setting of the play?
The audio shows that the characters are in a very messy kitchen, which would help in representing a scenario for this scene.
Explanation:
The setting is the place where a scene takes place. In the case of the scene presented above, we could promote a representation of the scenario through the speeches of the characters present in the scene. In the sheriff's speech we can see that he is in the kitchen of a house, because he says that the environment where he is only has "kitchen things." In addition, we can see that the kitchen is completely messed up, when the County attorney says "here's a nice mess".
"Trifles" is a play presented in a single act, which presents the investigation into the murder of John Wright. The investigation takes place at John's own home, since his wife is the prime suspect.
