Frank Lloyd Wright

Attorney tries to belittle Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Hale has a…

In the early 1900's, the men seemed to rule the world while women had the job of being a good housewife, but Mrs. Wright changed that. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters notice many details that seem peculiar: how the sewing on one block of the quilt is askew, the damaged birdcage under the cupboard, and the deceased animal in a box wrapped in silk. In "Trifles,” Susan Glaspell challenges the idea that women are inferior to men through the use irony, detailed imagery, and symbols. Irony is used to show…

“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell is the home of a very dark mystery. A man by the name of Mr. Wright, who was the husband of Mrs. Wright, is found dead in his bed. The sheriff and a detective investigate the crime scene and integrate Mrs. Wright but she said that he was strangled in his sleep by a rope. As the women look around the house they see that the house is full of clues and hints as to what happened to Mr. Wright, such as a towel left on the counter, a loaf of moldy bread sitting outside the…

each other no matter the predicament. The conflicts of the story surround Minnie Wright, who is in jail on suspicion that she murdered her husband by strangling him. The story is told discursively through Martha Hale whose husband discovered the body of John Wright, Minnie Wright’s husband. In the story, readers are given background information about Minnie, but the story also implies how her life is now. Minnie Wright lived alone with her husband and canary. Susan Glaspell uses three literary…

men expect the ladies to be talking about such another insignificant trifle, but the reader know that what was just mentioned was the opposite of their expectations. The ladies were action talking about something that connects to the murder of Mr. Wright. This connects to the theme…

Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the most prominent architects in the twentieth century, was very influential in the field of stained glass windows. He designed over 160 buildings containing many stained glass windows, of which almost 100 were built, which amounts to around 4,000 windows in total. Many of Wright’s houses had many windows, including the Dana and Martin houses with around 200, and the Little house with around 300. Wright also developed new styles of stained glass windows, including…

bird in the cage demonstrates how trapped she feels. However, the situation is taken one step further. Her husband strangled the bird, representing how he took the joy out of her, and stopped her from singing (literally), as Mrs. Hale explained. “No, Wright wouldn’t like the bird… a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that too” (11).Also, she comes to strangle her husband just as he strangled her bird, creating a grotesque, karmic “circle of life”. Another similar symbol was her fruit…

Minnie Wright, whose presence is unseen throughout the whole time, in "Trifles", which is the story of a woman who seems to have lost control of her emotions and murders her abusive husband. I believe her intention for murder goes far beyond the killing of her bird. The canary in the story is so much more than just a symbol. Minnie was known for her huge change after she gets married to her husband, John Wright. Apparently back in her youth, Minnie was a woman…

threshold,” (Glaspell) as a result of her never having visited her, Minnie Wright, in twenty years. As a result, this shows that the women are not bonded socially or emotionally, as they are mere acquaintances. Regardless of their lack of bonding, the women still protected and supported one another. While the men were left thinking that the women were only interested in frivolous matters, such as the quilt that Minnie Wright was working on, though these minor details, such as the inconsistent…

hide the evidence from the men because they empathize with Mrs. Wright, and they relate to her just because they have the same gender and in this patriarchal society thus they also share the same place in society. At first sight this choice seems to be a great instance of women sticking up other women. However, they are protecting a murdered. The women relate to Mrs. Wright just because she is a women, let us not forget that Mrs. Wright is a character that only represents bad attributes: a…