Cortney Laughlin
Intro to Literature
3/6/15
Trifles Essay #3 The setting is important in Trifles because the issues taking place at the time the play was written are similar to the issues in the play. At this time, women didn’t even have the right to vote. Society was very male-dominated, and females were assigned to taking care of others and the home. The women’s domain was mainly in the kitchen. In the play the men dismiss work done in the kitchen because it’s the women’s domain. The sheriff says, “nothing here but kitchen things” (1155). This just shows that the men think that the kitchen is just a place for women. The women in the play happen to stay in the kitchen the whole time, and ironically that is where all of the evidence is found. …show more content…
This shows how Minnie lived in isolation. The play also takes place during a cold winter day. Mrs. Peters says, “My it’s cold in here” (1157). I think this hints at a larger meaning, that it wasn’t a very happy atmosphere in the house. Usually when cold comes to mind you think of quiet and depressing. The wives come along to help their husbands answer the dramatic question, but their husband will not listen to what they have to say. The dramatic question in the play is whether a motive for the murder will be found. It turns out that the motive for the murder was found through the “trifles”, that the men see as unimportant. If the men had only listened to their wives they could have answered the dramatic …show more content…
Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero is a, “man who neither is distinguished for excellence and virtue, nor comes to grief on account of baseness and vice, but on account of some error” (1274). According to Aristotle’s view of a tragedy, a tragic hero must have some sort of a tragic flaw. Hamlet fits the definition of a tragic hero, because he is not perfect and his tragic flaw is due to his own fault. His tragic flaw is that he thinks too much and doesn’t act enough. In the beginning of the play the ghost tells Hamlet to, “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (1417). Due to Hamlets inability to act when the ghost talked to him it leads to his
Intro to Literature
3/6/15
Trifles Essay #3 The setting is important in Trifles because the issues taking place at the time the play was written are similar to the issues in the play. At this time, women didn’t even have the right to vote. Society was very male-dominated, and females were assigned to taking care of others and the home. The women’s domain was mainly in the kitchen. In the play the men dismiss work done in the kitchen because it’s the women’s domain. The sheriff says, “nothing here but kitchen things” (1155). This just shows that the men think that the kitchen is just a place for women. The women in the play happen to stay in the kitchen the whole time, and ironically that is where all of the evidence is found. …show more content…
This shows how Minnie lived in isolation. The play also takes place during a cold winter day. Mrs. Peters says, “My it’s cold in here” (1157). I think this hints at a larger meaning, that it wasn’t a very happy atmosphere in the house. Usually when cold comes to mind you think of quiet and depressing. The wives come along to help their husbands answer the dramatic question, but their husband will not listen to what they have to say. The dramatic question in the play is whether a motive for the murder will be found. It turns out that the motive for the murder was found through the “trifles”, that the men see as unimportant. If the men had only listened to their wives they could have answered the dramatic …show more content…
Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero is a, “man who neither is distinguished for excellence and virtue, nor comes to grief on account of baseness and vice, but on account of some error” (1274). According to Aristotle’s view of a tragedy, a tragic hero must have some sort of a tragic flaw. Hamlet fits the definition of a tragic hero, because he is not perfect and his tragic flaw is due to his own fault. His tragic flaw is that he thinks too much and doesn’t act enough. In the beginning of the play the ghost tells Hamlet to, “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (1417). Due to Hamlets inability to act when the ghost talked to him it leads to his