Trifles By Susan Glaspell Research Paper

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Underestimating the Power of Women In the 1960’s women roles were changing they were getting more involved in the American society. While working as a journalist Susan Glaspell reported a case of a murder which influenced her to write the play Trifles. In the play, Trifles the women are being presented as weak and powerless, a murder has been committed by Minnie Wright. There are a total of five characters in the play, three of them are men and the other two are females. The males are the county attorney, sheriff, and a neighbor farmer. The women are Mrs. Peter and Mrs. Hale. The men are searching for clues to convict Minnie of the crime, while the women find the most important pieces to the crime. In the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, …show more content…

Wright statement. “He died of a rope round his neck” (944) it is only to think this statement was taking in consideration at the very beginning to truly charge her with a crime was again left up in the air. As the women are gathering things to take to Mrs. Wright they find a fancy box. “Oh, Mrs. Peters-it’s- it’s the bird. But, Mrs. Peters – look at it! Its neck! Look at its neck! It’s all- other side to. Somebody – wrung – its – neck” (950) at last the most important piece to the puzzle, a dead bird. This was probably the last straw that influences Minnie to kill her abusive husband. As the county attorney kept looking for evidence they notice the empty bird cage. Mrs. Hale covering for Mrs. Wright stated a cat must off got it. Because the gentlemen are so busy making fun of and patronizing the women they are missing important evidence. Could it be possible that the women have actually found a forensic clue? After the findings of the bird the women start reconstructing terrified, confined, and abused women. “But I don’t think a place’d be any cheerfuller for John Wright’s being in it “ (945) after the two women realize of what Mrs. Wright went thru they decided to take it up on themselves and cover the

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Analyzes how susan glaspell's play "trifles" demonstrates feminist stereotypes, representations of genders during the era when women had less power.
Analyzes how in the play, trifles, the male characters underestimate the female characters. mrs. wright was found in a rocking chair, calm, as she was just waiting for someone to come and find him.
Analyzes the smirk in mrs. wright's smile, which could be the biggest piece that the sheriff could use against her.

Analyzes how susan glaspell's play "trifles" demonstrates feminist stereotypes, representations of genders during the era when women had less power.
Analyzes how in the play, trifles, the male characters underestimate the female characters. mrs. wright was found in a rocking chair, calm, as she was just waiting for someone to come and find him.
Analyzes the smirk in mrs. wright's smile, which could be the biggest piece that the sheriff could use against her.
Analyzes how the gentlemen are cold and irrational in the kitchen, making fun of minnie's lack of perfect housekeeping.
Analyzes how the sheriff doesn't hear a valuable key on mrs. wright's statement. the dead bird was the last straw that influenced minnie to kill her abusive husband.
Analyzes how the female characters play a major role in the play, trifles, and how kamir explains that the man repeatedly belittles, mocks and ridicules women's interest in feminine craft.
Analyzes how the men stereotyped the women as if they had no clue on what to do. because of their superiority, they underestimated and judged them wrongly.
Describes the works of susan glaspell, john schilb, and john clifford in making literature matter.

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Trifles by Susan Glaspell
analytical essay
The play entitled “Trifles,” by Susan Glaspell, begins as a murder mystery that turns into a drama as the story unfolds. The story is focused on the investigation of a murder that took place in a farm house. The investigators, who are all men, are in the farm house looking for forensic evidence to help them solve the murder. The wives of two of the investigators are there to retrieve personal items for the wife of the victim. Mrs. Wright, who is the wife of the victim, is in jail as the primary suspect of her husband’s murder. When the story begins, all the characters are in the kitchen engaging in small talk. One of the investigators is criticizing the state of the kitchen by complaining that it is dirty and unorganized. The women, who are also house wives, empathize with Mrs. Wright and defend her kitchen by reminding the investigator that house work on a farm is not easy. Throughout the story, the men consistently make stereotypical statements against the women and Mrs. Wright. This paper will analyze male dominance and the effect it had on the female characters. More specifically it will examine how the female characters were forced to develop an intimate bond and how they formed an unspoken form of communication to combat the patriarchy displayed by the male characters.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the play, "trifles," is a murder mystery that turns into drama as the story unfolds. the men consistently make stereotypical statements against the women and mrs. wright.
- Analyzes the effects of male dominance on women in a patriarchal society.
- Analyzes how the constant criticism of the women’s behavior by the men caused the female characters to develop a kinship and bond.
- Analyzes how the play, "trifles," is a murder mystery that turns into drama as the story unfolds. the men consistently make stereotypical statements against the women and mrs. wright.
- Analyzes the effects of male dominance on women in a patriarchal society.
- Analyzes how the constant criticism of the women’s behavior by the men caused the female characters to develop a kinship and bond.
- Analyzes how women communicate without verbal communication in the play.
- Concludes that the forms of male dominance displayed by the characters in this play have been described and analyzed. because of the gender stereotyping, the women developed and formed a strong bond.
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Power In Trifles
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The power of women is different than that of men. Women display a subtle and indirect kind of power, but can be resilient enough to impact the outside world. In Trifles, Susan Glaspell delivers the idea that gender and authority are chauvinistic issues that confirm male characters as the power holders, while the female characters are less significant and often weak. This insignificance and weakness indicated in the play by the fact that the women had the evidence to solve a murder, but the men just ignored the women as if they had no value to the case at all. This weakness and inability of the female to contest the man’s view are apparent. According to Ben-Zvi, “Women who kill evoke fear because they challenge societal constructs of femininity-passivity, restraint, and nurture; thus the rush to isolate and label the female offender, to cauterize the act” (141). This play presents women against men, Ms. Wright against her husband, the two women against their spouses and the other men. The male characters are logical, arrogant, and stupid while the women are sympathetic, loyal, and drawn to empathize with Mrs. Wright and forgive her crime. The play questions the extent to which one should maintain loyalty to others. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale try to withhold incriminating evidence against Mrs. Wright, and by challenging the reader to question whether
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the one-act play, trifles, examines the lives of rural, middle-aged, married women characters through gender relationships, power between the sexes, and the nature of truth.
- Analyzes how the male characters never address the women by their first names in the play, stating that society expects all women to be cautious and homely.
- Analyzes how the men are more concerned with acting like the boss and being in charge of the situation, while the subservient, quiet women wait patiently downstairs discovering significant clues.
- Analyzes how the one-act play, trifles, examines the lives of rural, middle-aged, married women characters through gender relationships, power between the sexes, and the nature of truth.
- Analyzes how the male characters never address the women by their first names in the play, stating that society expects all women to be cautious and homely.
- Analyzes how the men are more concerned with acting like the boss and being in charge of the situation, while the subservient, quiet women wait patiently downstairs discovering significant clues.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell uses irony and symbolism to show the theme that most women face a power struggle.
- Analyzes how glaspell presents the reader with the notion that deceptive behavior can be a useful means to help women gain power over men and promote female solidarity.
- Analyzes how the play incorporates different fundamentals to keep the audience glued. the script uses simple techniques to create imagery for strong actions like murder and uses the onstage characters to deliver qualities of the other characters without them appearing on the stage.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's one-act play, trifles, illustrates the issues of equality, male domination, and the empowerment of women.
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Silent Justice in a Different Key: Suzy Clarkson Holstein´s Trifles
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I. Article Summary: Suzy Clarkson Holstein's article, “Silent Justice in a Different Key: Glaspell's 'Trifles'” evaluates the play Trifles and how the difference between the men in the play mirror how a woman's perspective is very different from a man's. Trifles is about two women, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, who show up at a house with their husbands and the county attorney to investigate a murder. The entire time the men are looking for evidence to implicate the accused wife, Minnie Wright, of killing her husband. Meanwhile, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale are there to gather up some items to bring Minnie Wright in jail. While doing so, the women uncover evidence that would prove the wife is culpable but decide to hide it from the men in the last moments of the play. Trifles is evaluated on how the women are able to come up with the evidence unlike the men because they didn't approach it like a crime scene but rather a home, “By contrast, the women arrive at a home. Although neither they or the men realize it, they too are conducting an investigation” (Holstein 283). Holstein also notes they are able to find evidence because they use their own life experiences to relate to the accused murderer, Minnie Wright as shown here; “But the women do not simply remember and sympathize with Minnie. They identify with her, quite literally” (285). Holstein finishes the article by noting the women decide to hide the evidence because of the solidarity they feel towards Minnie Wright; “From Mrs. Hale's perspective, people are linked together through fragile, sometimes imperceptible strands. The tiny trifles of life –a neighbor's visit, a bird's song, the sewing of a quilt –have profound reverberations” (287).
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how suzy clarkson holstein's article, "silent justice in a different key" evaluates the play trifles.
- Analyzes how suzy clarkson holstein's article, "silent justice in a different key: glaspell’s 'trifles', is hard to read and follow.
- Analyzes how suzy clarkson holstein's article, "silent justice in a different key" evaluates the play trifles.
- Analyzes how suzy clarkson holstein's article, "silent justice in a different key: glaspell’s 'trifles', is hard to read and follow.
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Gender Discrimination In Trifles
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In several instances throughout the plot, men mentally and emotionally abuse the women by considering their jobs simply as trifles and unimportant. Ironically, the women accomplish something more significant than the men ever will by discovering actual proof that could result in the arrest of Mrs. Wright. In another instance. Mrs. Wright was so dramatically emotionally abused by her husband, it culminated in her murdering him and without any remorse. The severity of this abuse arises from the social issue of gender inequality in the early twentieth century. Finally, both Mrs. Hale and Mrs Peters mutually decide to withhold the evidence from the men in order to preserve Mrs. Wright’s innocence. This action contributes to the empowerment of women and the upbringing of the feminist movement Susan Gladspell hoped to
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how susan gladspell's play, trifles, contains various instances of gender discrimination within the characters' actions in the plot.
- Analyzes how irony is prevalent throughout the plot of trifles in the actions of the female characters regarding their relationship with men.
- Analyzes how the characterization of mrs hale and mrs. peters compared to their husbands accurately depicts the unfortunate gender inequality.
- Analyzes how susan gladspell's play, trifles, contains various instances of gender discrimination within the characters' actions in the plot.
- Analyzes how irony is prevalent throughout the plot of trifles in the actions of the female characters regarding their relationship with men.
- Analyzes how the characterization of mrs hale and mrs. peters compared to their husbands accurately depicts the unfortunate gender inequality.
- Analyzes how susan gladspell wrote her play lined with the theme of feminism and describes the severity of gender inequality to ignite the feminist movement.
- Analyzes how the play, trifles, depicts the issue of gender inequality in society that ultimately led to the feminism movement.
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Essay #4
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Schilb, John and John Clifford. "Making Literature Matter An Anthology for Readers and Writters." Schilb, John and John Clifford. Making Literature Matter An Anthology for Readers and Writters. 5th. Boston: Bedfor/St.Martin's, 2012. 1367-1373.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how feminist criticism offers an insight to the drama trifles by susan glaspell, an author who thrived through the feminist movement with her writings.
- Analyzes how betty frankle, a sociologist examined 10 different introductory sociology texts to see if s present the traditional belief, "the women belong at home."
- Analyzes how evidence in the reading leads the reader to conclude how ms. wright's life was before the murder of john.
- Analyzes how feminist criticism offers an insight to the drama trifles by susan glaspell, an author who thrived through the feminist movement with her writings.
- Analyzes how betty frankle, a sociologist examined 10 different introductory sociology texts to see if s present the traditional belief, "the women belong at home."
- Analyzes how evidence in the reading leads the reader to conclude how ms. wright's life was before the murder of john.
- Analyzes how even the keenest of men aren't able to see past the "trifles" of a homemaker. different genders have separate if not entirely different ways of dealing with life changing events.
- Analyzes how the knot on the bird may have been just what mrs. wright need to break down completely and go after her husband.
- Explains kirschner, betty frankle, melissa, murray, nolen-hoeksema, susan, and t. allen caine. "the evolution of male dominance."
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Everyday Roles and the Female Choice
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Glaspell, Susan. “Trifles.” Literature: A World of Writing. Ed. David L. Pike and Ana M.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the female disadvantage in everyday life can also be an advantage, as glaspell demonstrates in trifles.
- Analyzes how glaspell's female characters are able to find power in their devalued situation by accepting their positions relative to the men.
- Analyzes how the characters in susan glaspell's trifles and their actions throughout the play are typical of their natural predispositions in everyday behavior and interaction.
- Analyzes how the female disadvantage in everyday life can also be an advantage, as glaspell demonstrates in trifles.
- Analyzes how glaspell's female characters are able to find power in their devalued situation by accepting their positions relative to the men.
- Analyzes how the characters in susan glaspell's trifles and their actions throughout the play are typical of their natural predispositions in everyday behavior and interaction.
- Cites glaspell, susan, and ana m. pike's "trifles." literature: a world of writing.
- Opines that susan glaspell’s trifles and ‘a jury of her peers’: feminine reading and summary:
- Analyzes how susan glaspell incorporates social commentary into her play trifles to highlight the gender stratification that exists even in the most basic interactions.
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Trifles Title Analysis
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Most of the actions take place in the kitchen setting which demonstrates the author’s deliberate move to show the important details about the wifely role. The women hold their conversation in the unkempt kitchen, a domestic sphere that reveals everything about the lives of women. While the men were busy searching for clues around the farmhouse, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale see some evidence in the trifle that Mrs. Wright had left in the kitchen. The women can deduce that the messy kitchen with dirty pans gives a signal of incomplete work. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter spend most of their time in the messy kitchen that significantly reveal Mrs. Wright’s state of confusion (Manuel 61). Mrs. Hale understands Mrs. Wright’s experiences of loneliness and desperation from the male-dominated circumstances. The female characters sympathize with her situation by acknowledging the forces in her life that made her take the roles including that of murdering her husband. The men overlook the evidence that the women can trace in the house, and their dialogue suggests lack of sympathy towards women as noted from their humiliation and sarcasm towards women. For example, the women can relate the death of the canary to the murder scene. The attorney shows how woman’s concerns are unimportant, instead of sympathizing with Mrs. Wright for what has befallen her, they portray their women
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the significance of the title "trifles" in supporting the main theme and developing the plot that leads to the evidence of a mysterious murder.
- Analyzes how the title is ironic because it shows how men trivialize the interests that women engage in while collecting evidence and mock women by claiming their evidence was trifle.
- Analyzes how the title achieves dramatic irony throughout the play especially through gender differences in solving mysteries.
- Analyzes the significance of the title "trifles" in supporting the main theme and developing the plot that leads to the evidence of a mysterious murder.
- Analyzes how the title is ironic because it shows how men trivialize the interests that women engage in while collecting evidence and mock women by claiming their evidence was trifle.
- Analyzes how the title achieves dramatic irony throughout the play especially through gender differences in solving mysteries.
- Analyzes how glaspell dramatizes the hypocrisy of the male-dominated society as evident by henderson and his male counterparts.
- Argues that the cause of mr. wright's death can be deduced from the evidence collected by mrs peters and mrs. hale.
- Concludes that all the women in "trifles" shared the same experiences of loneliness and oppression, but they got the last chance to prove that their role is not trifle as presumed by the oppressive society.
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Trifling Justice
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...mpletely dependent upon men. Playwright Susan Glaspell cleverly causes the reader to question the way that women and men are viewed in society. The women in Trifles, though they were overlooked by the men, solved this case while the men failed to do so when they were supposedly in charge. In failing to recognize the women’s ability to contribute to their work the men succeed in causing the women to unite, giving them the real power and knowledge to solve this mystery. All the while the women are moving a little closer together and moving forward toward their rights.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's play, trifles, reflects her concern with stereotypical concepts of gender and sex roles of that time period.
- Analyzes how glaspell exposes the men's superior attitudes, in that they cannot fathom women to making a contribution to the investigation.
- Analyzes how glaspell simplifies the setting in trifles. the wright's kitchen is the only place of interaction and conversation within the play.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's play, trifles, reflects her concern with stereotypical concepts of gender and sex roles of that time period.
- Analyzes how glaspell exposes the men's superior attitudes, in that they cannot fathom women to making a contribution to the investigation.
- Analyzes how glaspell simplifies the setting in trifles. the wright's kitchen is the only place of interaction and conversation within the play.
- Analyzes how the playwright uses symbolism to highlight the plight of minnie and women of the time.
- Analyzes the symbolism of the bird in trifles. the bird was a companion for the lonely minnie and replaced the sounds of children she never had.
- Analyzes how symbols are used to give background information on the wrights. the image is significant because of its relation to the question of justice which unfolds at the end of the play.
- Analyzes how the unevenly sewn quilt represents minnie's imbalance in her mind. the play begins in the kitchen of the wrights; bread is left out of its box and the table is half clean.
- Analyzes how the knot is symbolic and verbally ironic in trifles. as the play closes, the audience learns they will "knot" tell.
- Analyzes how glaspell masterfully uses irony in the choice of title. it is the trifles that actually solve the case.
- Analyzes the irony of the character's name minnie wright, which represents the life that mrs. wright has reduced her in spirit. the surname wright implies lack of her 'rights'
- Analyzes how the playwright uses dramatic irony to show incompetence of the men.
- Analyzes how playwright susan glaspell cleverly causes the reader to question the way that women and men are viewed in society.
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The Deception of Trifles: Gender Roles in the Play by Glaspell
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In the 19th Century, women had different roles and treated differently compared to today’s women in American society. In the past, men expected women to carry out the duties of a homemaker, which consisted of cleaning and cooking. In earlier years, men did not allow women to have opinions or carry on a job outside of the household. As today’s societies, women leave the house to carry on jobs that allow them to speak their minds and carry on roles that men carried out in earlier years. In the 19th Century, men stereotyped women to be insignificant, not think with their minds about issues outside of the kitchen or home. In the play Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell, the writer portrays how women in earlier years have no rights and men treat women like dirt. Trifles is based on real life events of a murder that Susan Glaspell covered during her work as a newspaper reporter in Des Moines and the play is based off of Susan Glaspell’s earlier writing, “A Jury of Her Peers”. The play is about a wife of a farmer that appears to be cold and filled with silence. After many years of the husband treating the wife terrible, the farmer’s wife snaps and murders her husband. In addition, the play portrays how men and women may stick together in same sex roles in certain situations. The men in the play are busy looking for evidence of proof to show Mrs. Wright murdered her husband. As for the women in the play, they stick together by hiding evidence to prove Mrs. Wright murdered her husband. Although men felt they were smarter than women in the earlier days, the play describes how women are expected of too much in their roles, which could cause a woman to emotionally snap, but leads to women banding together to prove that women can be...
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how in the 19th century, men expected women to carry out the duties of a homemaker, which consisted of cleaning and cooking. in the play trifles, the writer portrays that women in earlier years have no rights and men treat women like dirt.
- Analyzes how the setting of the play shows a house that is gloomy, cold, and not homely. the county attorney is disturbed because the kitchen is not clean.
- Analyzes how the play shows that mrs. wright has lost her mind by the quilt she was piecing together.
- Analyzes how in the 19th century, men expected women to carry out the duties of a homemaker, which consisted of cleaning and cooking. in the play trifles, the writer portrays that women in earlier years have no rights and men treat women like dirt.
- Analyzes how the setting of the play shows a house that is gloomy, cold, and not homely. the county attorney is disturbed because the kitchen is not clean.
- Analyzes how the play shows that mrs. wright has lost her mind by the quilt she was piecing together.
- Explains that mrs. wright killed the brightness out of minnie foster after being married to him. she loved to sing and be social, but he was cold and cruel.
- Concludes that the play shows men and women stick together in their same gender groups in certain situations.
- Cites dymkowski, christine, and marie lazzari in twentieth-century literary criticism.
- Analyzes kastleman, rebecca. "a silenced woman." american theatre feb. 2010: 19. literature resources from gale.
- Opines that trifles and 'a jury of her peers,' by susan glaspell.
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A Comparison of Feminism in Trifles and A Jury of Her Peers
opinion essay
Glaspell, Susan. "A Jury of Her Peers." Literature and the Writing Process. Eds. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X. Day, and Robert Funk. 4th Ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice, 1996. 293-307.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that women should be treated like men regardless of the crimes committed. when minnie wright killed her husband, the women thought that she had a right to because she was emotionally abused.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's "trifles" and "a jury of her peers" express her views on the way women were treated at the turn of the century.
- Opines that susan glaspell was a feminist. her story emphasizes many things about the treatment of women, but her writings do not reflect feminist views of then or now.
- Opines that women should be treated like men regardless of the crimes committed. when minnie wright killed her husband, the women thought that she had a right to because she was emotionally abused.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's "trifles" and "a jury of her peers" express her views on the way women were treated at the turn of the century.
- Opines that susan glaspell was a feminist. her story emphasizes many things about the treatment of women, but her writings do not reflect feminist views of then or now.
- Introduces susan glaspell's "trifles" in making literature matter: an anthology for readers and writers.
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Trifles By Susan Glaspell Essay
analytical essay
In the 1900's most people would say that men hold the most power. But, women can also show power. In the play, "Trifles" written by Susan Glaspell demonstrates how women can hold the most power. “Trifles” was a play written in the early 20th century, and at that time men are considered superior to women. At the beginning of the play, the Sheriff and County Attorney began to look for clues to figure out who killed John Wright. They only discovered that Mrs. Wright, also known as Minnie Foster looked “queer” (Glaspell 745). And also, the men had found is that the kitchen was not in order, but they thought nothing of it. After the men left, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters found clues that would infer what happened to Mr. Wright. The women hold the most power in the story because they solved the crime and withheld evidence from the men.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's play "trifles" demonstrates how women can hold the most power.
- Analyzes how mrs. hale and mrs peters solved the crime by finding clues better than the men did. the women interpret that minnie foster was practicing "tying the knot"
- Analyzes how the women show how they hold power by withholding evidence in the play. they withheld evidence by hiding the dead bird in a fancy box from the men.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's play "trifles" demonstrates how women can hold the most power.
- Analyzes how mrs. hale and mrs peters solved the crime by finding clues better than the men did. the women interpret that minnie foster was practicing "tying the knot"
- Analyzes how the women show how they hold power by withholding evidence in the play. they withheld evidence by hiding the dead bird in a fancy box from the men.
- Analyzes how glaspell illustrates that women can hold power and it doesn't always need to be men in power.
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Repression of Women Exposed in Susan Glaspell's Trifles
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Susan Glaspell in Trifles explores the repression of women. Since the beginning of time, women have been looked down upon by men. They have been considered “dumb” and even a form of property. Being physically and emotionally abused by men, women in the early 1900’s struggled to break the mold formed by society.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the demeanor of women in 'trifles', stating that women are betrayed as if they are second class citizens with nothing more important to think about.
- Analyzes how the constant attacks on women keep mrs. peters and mrs hale from revealing any evidence they had found.
- Concludes that the oppression of women has been a tragic and on-going cycle. many are still being physically and emotionally abused by men.
- Analyzes the demeanor of women in 'trifles', stating that women are betrayed as if they are second class citizens with nothing more important to think about.
- Analyzes how the constant attacks on women keep mrs. peters and mrs hale from revealing any evidence they had found.
- Concludes that the oppression of women has been a tragic and on-going cycle. many are still being physically and emotionally abused by men.
- Analyzes how women in the early 1900's struggled to break the mold formed by society. they were physically and emotionally abused by men.
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Gender Roles in Susan Glaspell's A Jury Of Her Peers and Trifles
analytical essay
Glaspell, Susan. "A Jury of Her Peers." Literature and the Writing Process. Eds. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X. Day, and Robert Funk. 4th Ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice, 1996. 293-307.
In this essay, the author
- Compares susan glaspell's "a jury of her peers" and "trifles," which deal with socially gendered roles during the early nineteenth century.
- Analyzes how glaspell portrays women in "a jury of her peers" as having a more important role than the men in the story.
- Analyzes how the gap between husband and wife is made even more apparent through dialogue. the men hear that mrs. wright was worrying about her preserves, and they laugh at her saying that she should be worried over being tried for murder.
- Compares susan glaspell's "a jury of her peers" and "trifles," which deal with socially gendered roles during the early nineteenth century.
- Analyzes how glaspell portrays women in "a jury of her peers" as having a more important role than the men in the story.
- Analyzes how the gap between husband and wife is made even more apparent through dialogue. the men hear that mrs. wright was worrying about her preserves, and they laugh at her saying that she should be worried over being tried for murder.
- Analyzes how the men's inability to understand the work that went into the canning of fruit is one major difference in the thinking of men and women.
- Analyzes how "a jury of her peers" and "trifles" explored the social gap between men and women that existed in this time period.
- Describes the works cited and consulted by susan glaspell. "a jury of her peers." literature and the writing process.
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The Ladies
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The before 20th century, society has not been kind to women because they were considered the weaker or fairer sex. Even though women were granted equal rights in the 1920s, women had to silently and unwillingly grapple with unjust treatment from American society. Glaspell uses Trifles to examine this quiet struggle “[as] the first major work of feminist theater written by an American playwright,”(Beatty) and adds a revolutionary new voice to the dramatic arts of the time. Due to its “absence [ from the stage during the early and mid-20th century, it has indicated] the way that women have traditionally been eclipsed on the American stage”(Beatty). Glaspell’s choice of the word Trifles, instead of the title of the short story which is A Jury of Her Peers was as insightful in...
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the role of women during the early 20th century, to compare and contrast how the men and women of the story examined the crime scene and glaspell’s opposition on the gender stratification.
- Analyzes how glaspell uses trifles to examine the quiet struggle of women in the 1920s, and adds a revolutionary new voice to the dramatic arts of the time.
- Analyzes how glaspell uses the male characters' position and ignorance to symbolize that their treatment of the women may be offensive or hurtful.
- Analyzes the role of women during the early 20th century, to compare and contrast how the men and women of the story examined the crime scene and glaspell’s opposition on the gender stratification.
- Analyzes how glaspell uses trifles to examine the quiet struggle of women in the 1920s, and adds a revolutionary new voice to the dramatic arts of the time.
- Analyzes how glaspell uses the male characters' position and ignorance to symbolize that their treatment of the women may be offensive or hurtful.
- Analyzes how glaspell presents the idea of heroines through her characters: mrs peters and mrs. hale.
- Analyzes how glaspell uses her characters interactions to demonstrate the impact that men's view of women can be offensive and hurtful, and how women are treated unfairly by the government and society during the early 1900s.
- Cites carpentier, m. c., & ozieblo, b. disclosing intertextualities the stories, plays, and novels of susan glaspell.
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Equality In Trifles By Susan Glaspell
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Mrs. Peters says one comment on how Mrs. Wright worried about her fruit freezing, which it indeed had due to being left out. With haste, the Sheriff fires back, speaking to his male partners, “Well, can you beat women! Held for murder and worryin’ about her preserves” (Glaspell). All of the men agreed to the Sheriffs comment, and Mr. Hale stated: “Well, women are used to worrying over trifles” (Glaspell). The entire dialogue of the play shows the ignorance and general lack of respect given to the women’s comments. The Sheriff even openly speaks to his wife about how a women’s role in the home was meaningless. The prejudice from the men is extremely
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- Analyzes how the united states took years to adapt these positions for all individuals to be viewed as equal. the play, "trifles" by susan glaspell, takes place in 1916 and shows the discriminatory society during that time.
- Explains that the play is a murder mystery that takes place in the wright’s farmhouse.
- Analyzes how mr. hale's attitude toward his wife shows lack of respect toward her and her opinions and wishes.
- Analyzes how the united states took years to adapt these positions for all individuals to be viewed as equal. the play, "trifles" by susan glaspell, takes place in 1916 and shows the discriminatory society during that time.
- Explains that the play is a murder mystery that takes place in the wright’s farmhouse.
- Analyzes how mr. hale's attitude toward his wife shows lack of respect toward her and her opinions and wishes.
- Analyzes how the dialouge of the play shows the ignorance and general lack of respect given to the women's comments.
- Analyzes how the county attorney kicks his foot against the pans underneath the sink after finding no clean towels, telling the women "not much of a housekeeper, would you say ladies."
- Analyzes how "trifles" incorporates the views of society at the time when women's social status was viewed less than men.
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