This question appeared in the Seattle team's packet for VETO 2014.

BONUS 12
For 10 points each, name some horrible distressing themes appearing in fiction:
[10] In Susan Glaspell s play Trifles, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hales begin to suspect that Minnie killed her husband after they discover the strangled body of one of these animals in a sewing basket.
Answer:  canary [prompt on "bird"]
[10] A canary named Serena is decapitated in this play after the title bitch claims she would rather see it dead than leave it with someone else. Luckily, at the end of this work that title daughter of the Count presumably commits suicide after Jean commands her to do so.
Answer:  Miss Julie [accept Miss Julia]
[10] The character "Canary Mary" appears in Suzan-Lori Parks' play F***ing A, which was inspired by this Hawthorne work and centers on the abortionist Hester Smith, who is physically branded with the letter "A".
Answer:  The Scarlet Letter

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