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Gender In Trifles

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Sarahana Bajracharya Instructor: John Cole ENG 102- 01 May 1, 2016 Trifles “Trifles” is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell and is based on early 1900’s, in the time where men viewed women were underneath them. The play consists the characters of Mrs. Wright, John Wright, county attorney George Henderson, Henry Peters the sheriff, Lewis Hale neighboring farmer and witness. And the main protagonists female characters in story are Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, the wives of Henry Peters and Lewis Hale. The play contains elements that show the discriminatory mentality that was commonly accepted among men towards women as well as presents the women inequality portrayed through theme, dialogue, character and symbolization. Writer exposes the classic male

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