Mrs Hale Extract

In august 1916 there was a play acted on the wharf theater by the Provincetown players that play is called trifles it is written by Susan Glaspell. Glaspell even played as one of the characters in the play she was Mrs. Hale. Today I’m going to write a critical analysis of an extract from that play. Critical analysis of anything is really important because it helps us to understand more and more about the play and things that we might not notice because there are always secret irony and secret messages in every play. So I will talk about the theme, setting, characters and conflicts either in the minds of the characters and the obvious conflicts. The theme here is a feminist, revenge type of play. The setting is a gloomy disturbed one like in ‘the kitchen now is an abandoned farmhouse…..etc.’, the play takes place in the kitchen which is the women’s den which is ironic because at that the community was a male biased one. The characters were all being called by their husbands name as it indicates to giving women no identity as they must abide by the men’s …show more content…
Also in Mrs. Peters as she is trying to live as she is supposed to living under the men’s shade but she can’t resist sympathizing with Minnie. Another hidden struggle was inside Mrs. Hale’s mind as she felt bad for not helping Minnie when she needed her. So she keeps defending her and helping her in her own way like when she stands for Minnie when Mrs. peters said ‘he’ll make fun of her saying she didn’t wake up’ by saying ‘I guess john wright didn’t wake up….etc.’. That’s why this play is an overwhelming play as it have so many hidden words and meanings you don’t just have to read it and you have to read between all the lines and that’s how Glaspell tamed all the elements into making this remarkable