MRS HALE: . . . . (She puts the bottle on the big kitchen table, center of the room. With a sigh, is about to sit down in the rocking-chair. Before she is seated realizes what chair it is; with a slow look at it, steps back. The chair which she has touched rocks back and forth.) —Trifles, Susan Glaspell How does this stage direction help the reader?

in act iii, scene ii, caliban, trínculo and stephano are drinking and wandering about the island. caliban asks for to steal prospero´s magic books. as a consequence, they will be able to kill him and take miranda. in this way, stephano will become king, propero´s daughter will be the queen, caliban will be their servant and everyone will recover power over the island.