Susan Glaspell

Argumentative Essay Murder by strangulation! Occurs in a play called Trifles by Susan Glaspell. This play takes place in the the 1920s and is about the homicide of a farmer named John Wright who was strangled in his sleep with a rope. Minnie Wright his wife is the prime suspect of the case and is being detained at the jail. The sheriff of the town Henry Peters, his wife Mrs. Peters, the neighbor Mrs. Hale, her husband Mr. Hale and the county attorney George Henderson all go up to the house…

In the texts Trifles and “A Jury Of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell we go through the story with The Sheriff, County Attorney, Hale, Mrs.Hale and more. While Trifles and “A Jury Of Her Peers” have many similarities they also have some differences. The texts by Susan Glaspell are comparable in many ways the author, for example, wrote both texts and the plot is the same for both. The characters are the same in both texts “ ‘By the way,’ he said, ‘has anything been moved?’ He turned to the sheriff.…

“A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell was written in 1916, a time where women had virtually no rights and any minor movement to tirade against the upper echelon was strongly disparaged. Being a woman during this time period was, therefore, nearly impossible. Glaspell was born in 1878 and became well-educated, attending Drake University despite the presiding belief that college made women unfit for marriage. She became a reporter, and it was not until she covered the John Hossack murder story…

going through in their household, but we just ignore it because it is their business. There are not many of stories about what men go through in their marriage; however, there are many of popular stories of what women go through. "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell and "A Doll House" by Henrik Ibsen were plays that helped shed light on what women go through in marriage. Women face certain elements in their marriage such as controlling husband, the social bondage, and the choices they have to make when…

In the murder case of A Jury Of Her Peers written by Susan Glaspell, Mrs. Wright stolidly tells Mr. Hale and Mr. Peters that her spouse is dead. The men along with their wives work together to solve the murder of Mr. Wright. Although Mrs. Wright does not initially appear capable of murder, Mrs. Peters and Mr. Hale conclude she strangled her husband as evidenced by the crazily sewn quilt patch, the unhinged bird cage, and the mutilated canary. First, the quilt patch was much messier than Mrs.…

In the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell, one would soon realize that this play is about trying to find a motive for the murder of John Wright. The men and women gather in the Wright’s house with the sole mission of trying to discover Mrs. Wright’s reason for killing her husband. Also in the beginning of the play, Mr. Hale says, “I guess you know about how much he talked himself, but I thought maybe if I went to the house and talked about it before his wife, though I said to Harry that I didn’t…

Such a thing like the bread that has been left out of the box, an unfinished quilt, a half clean half messy table, and an empty birdcage. So, the men are looking for physical evidence but the women in Susan Glaspell's Trifles noticed clues that reveal a sad and lonely tale of Mrs. Wright’s life. They concluded that Mr. Wright’s cold, oppressive nature must have been too much for Mrs. Wright to take and to live with. The women commented about her being…

Hale and Mrs. Peters also have a kinship to Minnie, just as to each other. They respect her work as a homemaker. Mrs. Hale quickly comes to Minnie's defense when her housekeeping skills are questioned, saying, "'There's a great deal of work to be done on a farm'" (1326). The women display their loyalty to each other and their sympathy for one another, too. Mrs. Peters can identify with the loneliness and sadness of losing something you love. She understands "'what stillness is,'" and Mrs. Hale…

The play Trifles written by Susan Glaspell takes place in the turn of the twentieth century in America when women were socially oppressed by men. The characters are introduced into the play as they enter into the unkempt house of John Wright, who had recently been murdered. In the play, there are three men: Sheriff Peters, County Attorney Henderson, and Hale, the man who discovered that John had been killed. Along with the three men, there were two women: Mrs. Peters, the wife of the Sheriff,…

Susan Glaspell penned the play, "Trifles", in 1916, only to rewrite it into a short story, "Jury of Her Peers", the next year. In a comparison/contrast of the play and short story the writing is very similar, but the presentation of the plot, characters, and theme change as the play transitions into a story. In both writings, a murder investigation is underway by some of the townspeople, concerning a woman who was thought to have killed her husband. The play begins with the audience drawn…