Script Analysis Of Trifles By Susan Glaspell

Register to read the introduction… The story could be considered as having began the day prior when Mr. Wright was killed or many years before that when Mrs. Wright married him and changed so much. “Trifles” has a climactic structure as is evidenced by restricted characters, locale, and scenes as well as a plot that starts very late in the story.

Protagonist
“Trifles” is different from many other plays in the fact that the main character of the play, is never actually seen. Mrs. Minnie Wright is the main character. The play is about her life, her struggle, and her crime.

Antagonist
In this play, the antagonist could either be Mr. Wright or the men in the play. Mr. Wright could be considered the antagonist because he kept Minnie Wright from being herself. He’s the one that caged her up, stripped away her happiness, and drove her to committing such a horrible crime. The men could also be considered the antagonists, though. They spend the entire play trying to find something to prove that Mrs. Wright killed her husband. They don’t stop to see how she must have felt, they just want to convict her. …show more content…
Wright was killed in his bed, while sleeping. A rope was wrapped around his neck and he was strangled. Mr. Hale had gone to visit him and Mrs. Hale said he was dead. She seemed a nervous wreck so they put her in an institution. The play begins when the characters walk through the door the next day to look for evidence of the