Class System
In Trifles we see the class system throughout the whole play, we can see this as the upper class being the men, the middle class as the women, and the lower class as the children and the bird. The men are shown as the upper class. How is this so? Well first off we can see this is happening, in how the men are know it alls, and whatever they do is definitely right. It is also shown through how the men talk down to the women and the common objects.
This all starts around when the Sheriff states “Well, can you beat the women! Held for murder and worryin ' about her preserves.”(Glaspell) in this short sentence the Sheriff doesn’t just berate the women, but he takes vital evidence about the case and throws it away like …show more content…
As the lower class being at times very needy, and will not stop complaining until something is done, which in this instance is the bird that continues to sing, after it being told to stop, and being covered up to have to go to sleep. Which at times the upper class will be finally fed up with the lower class consistent of grumblings and ramblings that it says enough, and attacks the lower class attempting to destroy it. We can see this happening in not just American history at the Boston Massacre, but also in Russia against the Czars, and against the French royalty during their revolution. Through all of this we can see how Trifles showcases the class system, by not just how the men are part of the upper class, but how they bully their way around not always caring about the other classes. The women are showcasing the middle class by how they are the jury to their equals, but also how they are the concrete that keeps the building blocks together. Furthermore the bird and the children are the lower class, by how they keep the middle class sane, but they can also bother the upper class to where the upper class wants to remove them from
In Trifles we see the class system throughout the whole play, we can see this as the upper class being the men, the middle class as the women, and the lower class as the children and the bird. The men are shown as the upper class. How is this so? Well first off we can see this is happening, in how the men are know it alls, and whatever they do is definitely right. It is also shown through how the men talk down to the women and the common objects.
This all starts around when the Sheriff states “Well, can you beat the women! Held for murder and worryin ' about her preserves.”(Glaspell) in this short sentence the Sheriff doesn’t just berate the women, but he takes vital evidence about the case and throws it away like …show more content…
As the lower class being at times very needy, and will not stop complaining until something is done, which in this instance is the bird that continues to sing, after it being told to stop, and being covered up to have to go to sleep. Which at times the upper class will be finally fed up with the lower class consistent of grumblings and ramblings that it says enough, and attacks the lower class attempting to destroy it. We can see this happening in not just American history at the Boston Massacre, but also in Russia against the Czars, and against the French royalty during their revolution. Through all of this we can see how Trifles showcases the class system, by not just how the men are part of the upper class, but how they bully their way around not always caring about the other classes. The women are showcasing the middle class by how they are the jury to their equals, but also how they are the concrete that keeps the building blocks together. Furthermore the bird and the children are the lower class, by how they keep the middle class sane, but they can also bother the upper class to where the upper class wants to remove them from