Trifles by Susan Glaspell Essay

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…

women are capable of doing the same exact things that a man can do. Susan Glaspell “Trifles” shines a light on the treatment of women and how they’re not treated equally as men are. Trifles simply mean of little importance or value. Men viewed their wives as a trifle and that they were only good for being a housewife. The treatment of women in Susan Glaspell “Trifles” evidently shows that Mrs. Wright killed her husband and Glaspell uses symbolism, setting and irony to convey the readers of this.…

Peace and Quit The play Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell is based off a true murder that happened in 1900 in Warren county, Iowa. The true cold case, just like the play, used symbolism to reveal the motive and killer. Throughout, three specific characteristics within the house uncover the truth behind Mr. Wright’s death. The symbolism that Glaspell used creates a mystery that can only be solved if every line is read. Mrs. Wrights quilt, dirty kitchen, and dead song bird all guide the reader…

Secondarily, the use of symbolism can been seen throughout the drama as well to create meaning and emotion. The use of symbolism by Glaspell is very important in understanding the concept of the Wrights marriage and lack of women's rights during the time. The major symbols throughout Trifles are the canary, the cage, and the knotted pattern on the unfinished quilt. It is rather obvious the canary is Minnie Foster before she married her husband, the very controlling and secluded, John Wright. Mrs…

century, women were commonly mistreated. Among these women were farm woman. With the feeling of being trapped, the women were often stuck in unhappy marriages. In the play Trifles, Susan Glaspell uses symbolism to prove the mistreatment and emotional abuse that Minnie goes through, which will lead Minnie to kill her husband. Susan Glaspell uses the symbolism of the canary to represent Minnie. This is because, like the bird Minnie is kept in a cage. Instead of an actual cage, Minnie's barrier is…

Trifles v.s. A Jury of Her Peers “A Jury of Her Peers” and “Trifles” are two very similar but, different works of literature by Susan Glaspell. The stories both involve a murder mystery concerning the same characters and the same crime. This is a comparison and contrast essay between the play, Trifles, and the short story, A Jury of Her Peers, focusing on feminism, sexism, and Minnie Wright’s character. “A Jury of Her Peers” is the story being focused on first. Feminism plays a huge role in…

The play “Trifles” was written by playwright and actress, Susan Glaspell, and was first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on August 8, 1916. The setting of the play is in the house of Mr. and Mrs. Wright and opens with three men and two women entering it. There is uncompleted housework everywhere and it is obvious that someone left in a hurry or was taken unexpectedly. Among the three men are one of Mr. Wright’s neighbors, Mr. Hale, the…

and “Trifles”, by Susan Glaspell both presents us with two women that are strongly oppressed by men in their society, they are shown in…

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 that the men come into the home to do their job, while only searching for the facts; meanwhile the women, who are only worried about the “trifle” details, solve the case. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale piece together that Minnie wasn't happy; her…

The Assassination of Mr. Wright This thrilling play, “Trifles” formerly known as A Jury of Her Peers, Susan Glaspell uses this play as a feminist outlook in the 1920’s to make a statement to her peers. This play first takes place in the out of order kitchen of an abandoned farmhouse. Five people enter the house two women and three men; George Henderson the County Attorney, Henry Peters the Sheriff, Lewis Hale the neighboring farmer who found the body, Mrs. Peters the Sheriff’s wife, and…