The short one-act play Trifles by Susan Glaspell, takes place in the early 1900’s and is loosely based off of the murder case of John Hossack, of which Glaspell covered thoroughly during her time reporting for the Des Moines Daily News (American Literature. N.D.). The play is seen as an early feminist drama emphasizing the closed mindedness of men and the sexism faced by woman of that era (Ozieblo-Rajkowska, 1989) and such themes are the driving force behind the story. The play initially follows
ending fight between men and women. For years, long before Trifles was ever written in the early 1900s, women were fighting for their right to vote, their right to be their own person and not follow a man’s orders, and their personal freedoms. Women have been known to make decisions for someone else and not for themselves, despite the desire to do so. This issue has been an ongoing struggle for many years, and Trifles demonstrates that. The gender war in Susan Glaspell’s Trifles is displayed in three ways:
Susan Glaspell’s story, Trifles, is a story of many contradictions. The story is tip-toeing around two viewpoints. The reader can place themselves in the shoes of both the male and female characters; Glaspell uses these differing viewpoints to show gender conflicts common to the time. In order to understand the conflicts, the reader must first examine the setting. From there the reader can then see how the men in the story view the women, how the women in the story see the men, and how each of
Section 1: Introduction Susan Glaspell’s Trifles is a play about the effect of gender differences on perceptions of duty, law, and justice. The play Trifles was a murder mystery that got investigated by the County Attorney (George Henderson), the Sheriff (Henry Peters) along with his wife (Mrs. Peters), and a neighbor farmer (Lewis Hale) with his wife (Mrs. Hale). The story took place in an isolated farm house that was miles from the rest of the community in the Midwest. The victim of this murder
Connor Coupanger English 102 Prof L.H. Roberts February 15, 2018 The Act of Two Murders In the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, and the drama “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, the authors created two female protagonists “Miss Emily Grierson” and “Mrs. Minnie Wright” their stories are both about woman and murder. In Trifles, Mrs. Wright has been arrested and investigated for suspected murder of her husband. Miss Emily in Faulkner 's story, kills a man who she was dating. Together each
A Definition of Justice Equality is the well-known problem faced by women. It is the issue of how women have been treated differently from men who act as if they have a higher social position. Besides the equality issue, there is another problem faced by many women: mental abuse at home. The husbands are not literally abuse their wife, but how they act have made their wives live in agony. Subsequently, when the women as the oppressed party who have been treated unequally cannot demand such abuse
One of the main themes in Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles is alienation. This theme is based on the fact that Mrs. Wright led a highly isolated life, always being alienated from others in her home. She wasn’t able to flourish how she wanted to. For example, Mr. Wright suppressed the things his