Trifles By Susan Glaspell

The drama ‘Trifles’ is written by famous dramatist Susan Glaspell. She creates most of her drama skillfully on many dramatic elements as an intense story that is as effective as real it is in theater. She wrote this drama in 1916 for the Provincetown Players on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts. Susan wrote ‘Trifles’ to complete a bill that was to characterize several one-act plays. The setting of the drama is in where Susan Glaspell born and raise. Trifles are about a murder committed in a Midwestern farmhouse, but please go beyond the kinds of questions raised by most whodunit stories. The characters of the play are George Henderson (County attorney), Henry Peters (Sheriff), Lewis Hale (a neighboring farmer), Mrs. Peter, and Mrs. Hale. The main character in

I like the character of Mrs. Hale, a wife of Lewis Hale because she provides proof of events and answers questions for the attorney and sheriff. Mrs. Hale is a fellow farm wife, like Minnie. There is no actual description of her, but her character throws in many clues as to her life and experience. In the events that Mrs. Hale is a traditional farm wife, but not only wife, she is the right hand of the husband. She shows up with Lewis to conduct at the Minnie Wright’s house. She obediently collects Minnie’s belongings as asked by the investigator. She takes her role as a farm wife seriously, as she defends the fact about Minnie’s own life. The district court request the evidence, she provides proof that Minnie does not work hard enough at home. She phrases such as “there is much to be done on a farm and farmer’s wives have their hand full” are often stated to defends of women just like her and Minnie. I think, Mrs. Hale displays a strong sense of loyalty toward Minnie Wright because she is a fellow farm wife, she determines that farming is a thankless job. She is the such a very influential character in the