Trifles

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

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…

the many unsettling disputes between the two equal gender groups. As time makes its way forward, it would seem that that gender inequality would become more obsolete, but unfortunately, only the expectations of genders have changed. In Glaspell’s Trifles, this is an ongoing issue throughout the story. The protagonists, which are women, in this story are faced with tremendous amounts of harsh comments from the men, making the women feel less important to their male counterparts. As a result…

Female Interaction in Trifles When and over what do females bond? In Susan Glaspell’s frequently anthologized play Trifles, women are able to identify with each other in situations that have strong domestic undertones. Written in 1916, Trifles expertly implies the hardships that women bonded over in married suburban life. As Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters go around Minnie Wright’s kitchen, they unravel both her hobbies and hardships and are able to empathize with her wrongdoings. The play can be…

Gender Conflicts in Trifles What is gender inequality? A person’s idea of gender inequality can be drastically different from someone else’s. Gender inequality is the concept that men and women should not be treated the same. This brings up another political movement that is known as feminism. However, people tend to have the wrong idea about feminism. Feminism is the idea that women are equal to men, not superior to them. There are many ways to experience feminism. Short stories are one of the…

and at the time in which Trifles, by Susan Glaspell, was written. People still hold the belief that female labor and the space is less than that of a man’s, which is why Glaspell’s work remains relevant. Men and women are divided by qualities that have no importance on their personal character. However, it is important to note the difference in how they see the world, due to the oppression of women and the role that they have been placed in. During the time that Trifles was published, women were…

Perspective Gender roles as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is the “public image of being male or female that a person presents to others.” Gender roles in literature take a big effect on a storyline or how it is portrayed. For instance Trifles, a play written by Susan Glaspell in 1916, is a story of a feminist critique of domestic abuse to demonstrate these roles between men and women in the 19th century. These sorts of rules were established by the men in the story. This is sort of…

work as teachers, nurses or secretaries. The feminist movement of the 1960s and '70s originally focused on dismantling workplace inequality, such as denial of access to better jobs and salary inequity, via anti-discrimination law. In the dramas Trifles and in A Doll’s house, the women were both centered on marriages that were dominated by a man society. The women had to take every abuse from their husbands, they had to live up to the social expectations, and they couldn’t go against their…

The short story “A Jury of Her Peers” and the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell are very similar in nature. They both share the same plot, setting, characters, and most of the dialogue. However, one piece is a play and one is a short story. Plays are easier to understand if they are acted out, rather than reading them alone. Both titles are effective after reading the pieces. The short story is entitled “A Jury of Her Peers” because the two major characters, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter, basically…

Susan Glaspell wrote Trifles and “A Jury of Her Peers,” both about the death of John Wright and the attempt to solve his murder. Throughout each work, the men repeatedly look down upon the women, which is ironic because in the end the women end up finding the most important piece of evidence that has the ability to solve the case. Even though both pieces are similar, “Trifles” is a dramatic play written through a script, and “A Jury of Her Peers” is a short story. Through both works, the…