Women Trifle to the Truth Trifles: a story of opposition, murder, and controversy. Susan Glaspell, writer of Trifles, gave society one of the first feminist stories in American history. Her story was risky in the 1900’s, but it gives us a lot of important information about that time now. For the first time, it makes the women look more intelligent than the men. The play begins when Mr. Wright is strangled to death in his own home. The sheriff, Mr. Hale, and the court attorney all search for clues on to convict Mr. Wright’s wife of the murder. While they’re searching, the wives of the sheriff and Mr. Hale get caught up in the “trifles” of the house, and are made fun of by the men (Glaspell 7-12). There is an accurate represent of the difference
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While first looking at the picture, the first aspect noticed is the men. This is ironic because they are barely noticed in the picture, but they play one of the biggest roles in the plot. They are also constantly made fun of for “worrying over trifles” (Glaspell 4.) The sheriff make fun of them because they were debating over how a quilt was made. He first makes a comment about this when he hears it being discussed, then comes back and asks, “Well ladies, have you decided whether she was going to quilt or knot it?” (Glaspell 9) This is also ironic because while the sheriff thinks they were discussing a quilt, they had cracked the case. At the end of the story, the sheriff is disappointed that they didn’t find any rock solid evidence that would convict Mrs. Wright. He jokes, “Well, Henry, at least we found out she was not going to quilt it. She was going to—what is it you call it, ladies?” (Glaspell 12). Mrs. Hale replies, “We call it—knot it, Mr. Henderson” (Glaspell 12). This also is an excellent display of irony because not only do the women know that the quilt was knotted, but they know everything. This is also ironic for the era as well, because women were only seen as property and for working in the kitchen, definitely not for their intelligence. However, they were the clever ones throughout the story, and in fact made
While first looking at the picture, the first aspect noticed is the men. This is ironic because they are barely noticed in the picture, but they play one of the biggest roles in the plot. They are also constantly made fun of for “worrying over trifles” (Glaspell 4.) The sheriff make fun of them because they were debating over how a quilt was made. He first makes a comment about this when he hears it being discussed, then comes back and asks, “Well ladies, have you decided whether she was going to quilt or knot it?” (Glaspell 9) This is also ironic because while the sheriff thinks they were discussing a quilt, they had cracked the case. At the end of the story, the sheriff is disappointed that they didn’t find any rock solid evidence that would convict Mrs. Wright. He jokes, “Well, Henry, at least we found out she was not going to quilt it. She was going to—what is it you call it, ladies?” (Glaspell 12). Mrs. Hale replies, “We call it—knot it, Mr. Henderson” (Glaspell 12). This also is an excellent display of irony because not only do the women know that the quilt was knotted, but they know everything. This is also ironic for the era as well, because women were only seen as property and for working in the kitchen, definitely not for their intelligence. However, they were the clever ones throughout the story, and in fact made