Relationships in Trifles

Hale and Mrs. Peters grew restless of the two men and their diminutive comments over female capabilities and Minnie Wrights innocence of the crime. This situation provoke the women to form an alliance against their husbands for the protection of Mrs. Wright. The men’s attitude cause the women to feel unappreciated and to become secretive in their findings of clues and evidence by concealing them from the eyesight of the men Holstein states “Mrs. Hale And Mrs. Peters use their imaginations to picture troubling situations and wander vastly different territories” (Holstein 282). Unlike the men Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters unraveled that Mr. Wright was not much of a well-mannered individual around his wife; ridiculing her, and abusing her mentally and physically.

The false ideas that these men had towards all of the females ended up hurting them and keeping them from the truth. Instead of the wives offering up the evidence that was discovered, they decided to hide it from the men to protect Mrs. Wright. The disparaging attitudes presented by the men may have seemed harmless at the time, but it kept them from the truth and it made the women feel like their idea would be disregarded. Ultimately, if you look deeper, this male dominant society was harmful to not only women, but to the men as well.

In this play the irony of the title comes from the fact that the men find the women’s opinions on the case trifling even though the women solve the crime which ends up being the downfall of the men as they would have been able to prosecute Mrs. Wright if they had listened which made the women’s opinions not trifling. Glaspell was born in an age where women were still considered the property of men and they had no real value in society in the eyes of men except for procreation and motherhood. This attitude towards women was what inspired Glaspell to write the play Trifles and to illustrate the point that women’s attitudes should be just as valued as men’s and to let women have a sense of fulfillment in life and break the shackles that were holding them only as obedient housewives. Trifles was also inspired by a real murder trial that Glaspell had been covering when she was a reporter in the year 1900. Glaspell is a major symbol of the feminist movement of l... ... middle of paper ... ...g to conceive to her audience by proving all opinions matter no matter whose it is.

The audience learns that Mr. Wright was a cold, uncommunicative, selfish man. The theme of men versus women come into view... ... middle of paper ... ...ver, Mrs. Peters undergoes character development from believing that it should be up to the law to decide what should happen to Mrs. Wright to being convinced that women ought to stand together against the stereotypical views of women that the men have. This change occurs when Mrs. Peters recalls a childhood event that involved her cat and a mean, dreadful little boy. The play's rising action occurs at the point when the men could not connect the why and the how of John Wright's murder. The women, as they meddle with their "trifles", uncovers the knowledge and objects that the masculine detectives were seeking.

And by the men always hassling the women about their trifles, they are actually working against themselves because the women decide not to give them the information needed to solve the case. The first view that Glaspell gives in Trifles is that the men are far superior or higher than the women. The men in Trifles show the expected character as we would hear about in the past before women had the rights they do now. The attorney displays this past male figure the best. He is always looking down on the women.

Although, he tries to better himself, Yunior’s awful treatment to women prohibit him from attaining a significant connection with them. His dishonesty erodes his strength, health, and his relationships with not only women, but his family and friends. Yunior realizes that his own heartbreak was his own fault due to betraying his fiance. His language of objectifying women only makes the reader see how disrespectful he is towards females. His words and actions towards his past lovers make him regretful and guilty for the hurt he put them though.

She knows that her “husbands Social Security and a little two-bit pension” will not cover the fine (52-53). After Mrs. Reilly’s panic attack and fear of doing time, Ignatius becomes distracted by the “total perversion” that he witnesses on the television (53). Rather than strategizing on how to make up the funds to pay for the damage, Ignatius completely ignores her mother and attempts to tend h... ... middle of paper ... ...’s ego certainly makes him a character that only one can admire or ultimately despise, which appears to be the latter in most cases because of his rash comments towards people he does not like, not because of their appearance necessarily like Patrolman Mancuso, but rather for personality such as her own mother. This behavior reflected the ideals the United States practiced pre-Korean War. This behavior involved the mistreatment of African Americans, which Ignatius certainly mentions about the slow progress from the field to the factory; the global hegemony that the United States exerted during global conflicts; finally the issue with racism in the United States that retains its importance in global issues because of the social latter that Americans have created.

Similarly the women seem to think she intended to knot it, just like the rope used to strangle Wright. The men's disrespect and underestimation of the women characters is very consequential in the story. In Mr. Wright's case, the rough treatment of his wife, and severe stifling, lead to his demise. The other men in the story felt its affects as well, as they were unable to solve the crime without the evidence the women uncovered.

Who were sent out to learn more about the details of the murder of Mr. Wright, who was found hanged in his bed. The male characters carefully look around in the bedroom and outside in the barn for clues. Why, the women are sent into gather some things for Mrs. Wright, who is the main suspect to her husband’s death. The women are mocked at by the men. The attitude the men at this time had toward women is provided by Glaspell in the opening of the investigation when the men noticed the kitchen.

Syke is disrespectful and no one in the village likes him because of they way he treats Delia. He cheats on her, wastes her hard-earning money, and worst of all, beating the woman that he is married to. The way that Syke has been functioning seems to be abusing his powers because he’s a man. The reason why Syke harms Delia was because he wanted to be the one in charge of the relationship. He wants to claim superiority that would allow him to do anything he wants without raising any eyebrows.