Gage Martin
Prof. Suderman
ENC-1102-002
30 November 2016
Drama Paper “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell was written in August of 1916. People may automatically think of WWI (World War I (1914-1918) when thinking of the early 1900’s. However, another major event or movement was Women’s Suffrage, which allowed women to vote in 1920. There are two major themes that I saw when reading this story/play, the difference between genders and the importance of justice. Any death scene requires precise thought and attention to every aspect including the slightest detail. It only takes one person to falsify, underestimate, and or not pay attention to the scenes details for a wrong verdict. Throughout this time the stereotype of men was their superiority over …show more content…
For a majority of the play, the men and women are not only physically separated the whole time, but also parted in thought processes behind the motive due, in part so that the audience may make comparisons between both genders. The shy and disregarded women who are seen at the beginning of the play become the subtle detectives who find all of the clues that show a female to be the murderer of her husband. In the meantime, the men not only conceitedly overlook the small clues, but also underestimate Mrs. Wright herself. The women seem to be the unappreciated masked heroes while the men outwardly remain in charge, and don’t forget …show more content…
In this story, the women are the most central key to discovering the clues of the forensic investigation. These women are disregarded and unnoticed for their attention to detail and their thoughts towards the minds and feelings of others. Glaspell makes it visible both sexes in this story not only use emotion vs. action views to solving the case, as well as, identifying with Mrs. Wright differently. Glaspell expects the men and women in this story to be representatives of their gender. She illustrates the major differences between both genders with their pros and cons. Most prominently, she teaches the audience the differences between the sexes are most certainly not
Prof. Suderman
ENC-1102-002
30 November 2016
Drama Paper “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell was written in August of 1916. People may automatically think of WWI (World War I (1914-1918) when thinking of the early 1900’s. However, another major event or movement was Women’s Suffrage, which allowed women to vote in 1920. There are two major themes that I saw when reading this story/play, the difference between genders and the importance of justice. Any death scene requires precise thought and attention to every aspect including the slightest detail. It only takes one person to falsify, underestimate, and or not pay attention to the scenes details for a wrong verdict. Throughout this time the stereotype of men was their superiority over …show more content…
For a majority of the play, the men and women are not only physically separated the whole time, but also parted in thought processes behind the motive due, in part so that the audience may make comparisons between both genders. The shy and disregarded women who are seen at the beginning of the play become the subtle detectives who find all of the clues that show a female to be the murderer of her husband. In the meantime, the men not only conceitedly overlook the small clues, but also underestimate Mrs. Wright herself. The women seem to be the unappreciated masked heroes while the men outwardly remain in charge, and don’t forget …show more content…
In this story, the women are the most central key to discovering the clues of the forensic investigation. These women are disregarded and unnoticed for their attention to detail and their thoughts towards the minds and feelings of others. Glaspell makes it visible both sexes in this story not only use emotion vs. action views to solving the case, as well as, identifying with Mrs. Wright differently. Glaspell expects the men and women in this story to be representatives of their gender. She illustrates the major differences between both genders with their pros and cons. Most prominently, she teaches the audience the differences between the sexes are most certainly not