A Woman In Susan Glaspell's Trifles

The definition of the word, Trifle, means, “something that does not have much value or importance”. This play was written during the time when women were considered their husband 's property. During the early history of the United States, a man essentially owned his wife and children and all other belongings. Americans have treated married women based on the concept of coverture, a concept that was brought from the English common law. Under the doctrine of the coverture, a woman was legally considered to be the chattel of her husband, or in other words, his possession. Throughout history there have been numerous thoughts about women. Some favorable and some unfavorable in other cultures and society. Here in America, Women were thought to be considered naturally weaker and fragile than men, and unable to perform any task that requires them to use any muscular or intellectual development. For example, in most pre-industrial societies, all domestic chores were given away to women, leaving the "heavier" …show more content…
Minnie Wright, whose presence is unseen throughout the whole time, in "Trifles", which is the story of a woman who seems to have lost control of her emotions and murders her abusive husband. I believe her intention for murder goes far beyond the killing of her bird. The canary in the story is so much more than just a symbol. Minnie was known for her huge change after she gets married to her husband, John Wright. Apparently back in her youth, Minnie was a woman who was full of life and loved singing and dancing. Once she marries John, she seems to have been missing, even from the people who know her pretty well. Later, she begins to show signs of disinterest in herself. She ends up not wearing nice clothes anymore and does not take care of her appearance as much as she usually does, and she becomes isolated from everybody. It shows that Minnie fell under a state of depression that eventually just overwhelms and consumes