Trifles

treatment as men do and 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…

The play Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell, tells the story of a somewhat mysterious murder committed by the hands of an unsuspected killer. Mr. Wright, the husband of Minnie Wright, is found lifeless after the neighbors, Mr. & Mrs. Hale, inquire into sharing a phone line for both couple’s houses. After the finding, the county attorney and sheriff proceed to inspect the crime scene for clues that could potentially convict Mrs. Wright. Mrs. Peters, the sheriff’s wife, and Mrs. Hale accompany…

a human being with no trunk. Susan Glaspell’s use of the word Trifles as a metaphor contributes to and illustrates theme, tone and characterization in the play in the approach described below. The word Trifles is a metaphor used as the title of the play by Susan Glaspell to show the insignificant role played by women in the early twentieth century. “Well, women are used to worrying over trifles” (Glaspell 982). This…

enough to write their story, showing their own personal viewpoints and experiences. There are two works of literature that reveal the viewpoints of marriage and individuality in the centuries. Kate Chopin’s A Story of an Hour and Susan Glaspell’s Trifles focuses on gender roles, and freedom from captivity. These stories possess similar attributes and differences even though they were written in different time periods. A theme that is focused on within the two stories is freedom and captivity.…

the theme of the play or story. In Trifles by Susan Glaspell, the author uses seemingly small objects to reveal more about her characters. Likewise, the author Henrik Ibsen uses objects in the play A Doll’s House to reveal more about the characters. Objects are often used to reveal not only characters, but also the themes in plays. In Trifles Glaspell uses the telephone, bird, and a bird cage to reveal more about the theme and characters. The telephone in Trifles reveals the loneliness of Mr.…

Since the man of the household was the one working, doing labor outside, and bringing in the income, women were looked at as inferior to the men. In Susan Glaspell’s Trifles, she brings light to some of the gender issues in her society, and shows the different ways of problem solving and thinking between men and women. The conflict in Trifles is derived from the expectations, criticism, and underestimation placed on women by the society (and especially men) in the early 1900s (or in this case…

Introduction Trifles was a murder case that explore power between the sexes, and relationships. Then men were searching around the farmhouse for clues or evidence but the woman were the one who was founding the evidence in the wife cooking but the men was paying no attention and ignored the woman and they were blind of the truth. Susan Glaspell is a reporter that’s works for Des Moines News. She covered a murder cased of this farmer’s wife. Her name was Margaret Hossack, she was accused of…

From the early creation of humanity to modern day society, women have always been mistreated and underestimated by society’s superior gender. This has been an ongoing cycle for ages. Men have always ruled each nation we have created. Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell, exhibits common actions of the common man. Not only does this poem interpret a male’s role but the role of a women. A woman by the name of Mrs. Wright is introduced as the main suspect of the poem. Often women face a life like Mrs…

that give the impact of gender inequality amongst the male and the female sex. The assumptions that men have about women lead to conflicts in the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell. The conflicts between Minnie Wright and John Wright, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters and the male and female characters demonstrate the struggle men and women in the play “Trifles.” The most obvious conflict in the play is between Mrs. Wright, and her husband. Mr Wright killed Mrs. Wright’s bird which was a symbol of…

Murder, lies, and secrets “Trifles” shows what happens when women are discriminated against for far too long. Minnie Wright puts up with her husbands abuse for years building up her insanity until she breaks and murders him. “Trifles” has several reoccurring themes them being social differentiation of men and women, Chauvinism versus female self-sufficiency, spousal abuse, the mental abuse of females as the weaker gender, losing your sanity, and lastly despotism. Although the chauvinism and…