Read the excerpt from part one of trifles. sheriff (unbuttoning his overcoat and stepping away from the stove as if to the beginning of official business). how does the use of the word "official" in this stage direction affect the mood of the scene? it suggests that the sheriff is an honest man with great integrity. it suggests that the sheriff is pretending to know what he is doing. it suggests that the sheriff is going to attempt to act professionally. it suggests that the sheriff is very experienced with crimes of this sort.

In this excerpt from "Trifles", Part One, by Susan Glaspell, the use of the word "official" in this stage direction affects the mood of the scene option because it suggests that the sheriff is going to attempt to act professionally. The play opens on the Wright's farmhouse. Peters, the sheriff, Hale, the neighbor, both with their wives and the county attorney, Henderson, enter the house. The sheriff has to leave his place on the stove to start the "official" duty, that is to stay, to start with his job.

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