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Published in 1916, Susan Glaspell’s one-act play, Trifles, describes the investigation of Mrs. Wright, a farmer’s wife who is in jail because she was accused of murdering her husband, but had no apparent motive for murder. While searching for evidence at her house, three men look for obvious facts and motives, but are unsuccessful. On the other hand, two women, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, pay close attention to trifles and reveal many secrets about the Wright family, but decide to keep them a…

Was He Really Mr. Wright? In “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, Mr. Wright has been found strangled in his sleep. Prime suspect? His wife, Mrs. Wright, previously known as Minnie Foster. Mr. Henderson sets out to find something that would show anger or “sudden feeling” that will reveal a motive for the murder and solve the case. But blinded by their sexist views, the men are unable to find evidence that leads them to the solution of the case. Although Mrs. Wright claims to have been…

The first two paragraphs of the short story written by Susan Glaspell, “A Jury of Her Peers” presents Martha Hale’s, neighbor of Mrs. Wright who is the prime suspect of Mr. Wright is death, routine as a woman and her overall thought process. Mrs. Hale left her kitchen “in no shape for leaving” (490) indicating that she is a person of neatness; no job is to be left unfinished and high importance is attached to women keeping a “proper” household. In addition, the time period is in the early…

In The Jury of Her Peers, a woman's identity in the early 20th century centers around her housekeeping, cooking, sewing, and, thanks to men's constant belittling, little else. The story begins with Mr. and Mrs. Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Peters, and the county attorney entering and searching the Wrights' house. Mrs. Wright is suspected of killing her husband, and while the men are uncovering evidence of the crime, the women fetch Mrs. Wright some clothes to bring to her in jail. As the county attorney…

A Character Analysis Of Hannah Swensen from Fudge Cupcake Murder Lou Holtz once said, “Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it”. This quote is displayed in many ways during the book. The main characters reveals more than the reader expects. Hannah Swenson, a young girl, is dating the head of the Sheriff's Department, Mike Kingston. She owns a small cookie store in the town of Lake Eden, called “The Cookie Jar”. Hannah has…

All The Small Things John Wooden once said that “It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” In the one act play “Trifles” Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters find small details that all point toward the something big that happened: a murder. While it may seem more convenient to look for the big clues, sometimes the answer lies in the intricate details like those of the quilt and the bird’s death. Had these seemingly insignificant details been focused on, the murderer…

In august 1916 there was a play acted on the wharf theater by the Provincetown players that play is called trifles it is written by Susan Glaspell. Glaspell even played as one of the characters in the play she was Mrs. Hale. Today I’m going to write a critical analysis of an extract from that play. Critical analysis of anything is really important because it helps us to understand more and more about the play and things that we might not notice because there are always secret irony and secret…

negatively by society. Women did not have any voice in marriage, the husband made all decisions regarding finances, family issues, and even controlled what activities the woman could or could not participate in. The short play Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell has many important symbols that are used to exemplify the oppression…

unexpected death of John Wright brings many thing into question; was it a murder, could it possibly be a suicide, was his wife to blame, was this an act of premeditated murder or self-defense, or was it his wife’s way out of their long unhappy marriage? Susan Glaspell does a good job of painting to the reader a dark, eerie and messy picture of the isolated home in which Minnie Wright was thought to have murdered her husband John Wright. She tells the readers of the lonely woman in the desolate…

Insignificant trifles are found in everyday life, and they are commonly overlooked. In the short play “Trifles,” the women of the story do not overlook the small things in the house, such as the quilting and the birdcage, while the men believe these are unimportant objects that have no relevance to the crime. Throughout their search for evidence and motive, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale discover a birdcage and ponder the importance of this trivial trifle. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale compare Minnie…