Treatment Of Women In Trifles

The poem I created was based from the play by Susan Glaspell called “Trifles.” In trifles the reader finds out about the murder of Mr. Wright, where he was found strangled to death. Throughout the play the men which include the County Attorney, Mr. Hale, and Mr. Peter spend most of their time trying to find evidence on the killing while ignoring the small details believing that they are meaningless. Even though the women Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are discovering details that could help solve the case, still the men give them no importance, saying that “women are used to worrying over trifles.” (Glaspell Susan, Trifles, Norton Lit.). In the first stanza of the poem the reader can get a sense of the setting, such as the house being cold and having an odd feeling “in the air.” Through the beginning of the play we’re able to get a sense that the men have a lead role in the investigation, and the women play a secondary one. For example, in the play the men walked in first while the women come in slowly and stand by the door, they do not come in until the County Attorney tells them to come near the fire. Likewise, in the poem, the first stanza shows the reader that the men also have a lead role at first when they walk …show more content…
Wright, they completely ignore a good amount of important details that would be found in the kitchen. The County Attorney asked if there was anything in the kitchen that could serve as evidence and the sheriff stated that there was “Nothing here but kitchen things.” (Glaspell Susan, Trifles, Norton Lit.). In the third stanza, the readers can also see how the men believe that women only worry about trifles, and give them no importance. Therefore leaving Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter alone, giving them time to figure out the clues to the unsolved mystery. While the men were trying to find obvious clues, the women on the other hand paid attention to detail, realizing the cause for Mr. Wright’s