Trifles By Susan Glaspell: A Feminist Analysis

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Makes No Difference Trifles is a play by Susan Glaspell taking place in and around a farmhouse in 1916. The owner of the farmhouse, Mr. Wright, is found dead when his neighbor Mr. Hale makes an unannounced visit early one frigid morning. As he lets himself into the farmhouse he finds Mrs. Wright sitting in a rocking chair in the disarrayed kitchen. Eventually, she tells him that her husband is upstairs dead with a rope around his neck. While Mrs. Wright is in custody an investigation is taking place at the farmhouse and those in attendance include; George Henderson, the county attorney; Mr. Hale; Mrs. Hale; Henry Peters, the sheriff; and Mrs. Peters. While searching for a motive at the farmhouse the men were distracted because during that time period women were cast into low positions in society leading the men to mock the women in this play written by Susan Glaspell whom is known to produce work with strong feminist concepts. You see, Mr. Hale, Mr. Henderson and Mr. Peters all felt superior to the women; Mrs. Hale; Mrs. Peters; and Mrs. Wright, which was normal for the times. The Progressive Era, 1900 to 1920, was a time when women ventured out the home more as industrialization grew and began working towards gaining their right to vote. …show more content…

Susan Glaspell coauthored over 10 plays. Her play entitled Woman’s Honor rejected the idea of the honorable and docile woman and freed the belief of honor from contemporary gender theories. Another play, The Verge, developed out of Glaspell's recognition of the way society left some women feeling stuck in roles they were not fit for. Subsequently, Susan Glaspell’s feministic views compelled her to introduce her opinions within her

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Explains that trifles is a play by susan glaspell, which takes place in and around the farmhouse in 1916.
Explains that the progressive era, 1900 to 1920, was a time when women ventured out the home more as industrialization grew and began working towards their right to vote.
Analyzes how a serious investigation should have been conducted instead of insulting the women about their concerns.

Explains that trifles is a play by susan glaspell, which takes place in and around the farmhouse in 1916.
Explains that the progressive era, 1900 to 1920, was a time when women ventured out the home more as industrialization grew and began working towards their right to vote.
Analyzes how a serious investigation should have been conducted instead of insulting the women about their concerns.
Analyzes how susan glaspell, a pulitzer prize winner, fills her work with strongly feminist ideas that focus on the negative and destructive effects that male-female relationships have on women and how they cope with their circumstances.

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Apparent Feminisms In The Play Trifles by Susan Glaspell
analytical essay
Male domination in 1916, when Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles was written, was the way of life. Men controlled most women and women were not very outspoken during that time period. Mr. Wright in her play was no different from the rest, but she made him a symbol of all the men in the community. The play opens at the scene of the crime. The first three characters who enter the room are the three men involved in the investigation of the murder at hand. The purpose of their visit is to find evidence of motivation of murder, but the women who they leave downstairs find the very evidence that they are looking for.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's play trifles was written in 1916. men controlled most women and women were not very outspoken during that time period. mr. wright was a symbol of all the men in the community.
- Analyzes how the men presume the women harmless for a couple of reasons, one being that they are left in the kitchen where, according to the sheriff, there are "nothing but kitchen things."
- Analyzes how the sheriff laughs when the women express that maybe the frozen preserves have some meaning, and mr. hale, who is the husband of one of them, comments "women are used to worrying over trifles."
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's play trifles was written in 1916. men controlled most women and women were not very outspoken during that time period. mr. wright was a symbol of all the men in the community.
- Analyzes how the men presume the women harmless for a couple of reasons, one being that they are left in the kitchen where, according to the sheriff, there are "nothing but kitchen things."
- Analyzes how the sheriff laughs when the women express that maybe the frozen preserves have some meaning, and mr. hale, who is the husband of one of them, comments "women are used to worrying over trifles."
- Analyzes how glaspell opens our eyes to something new: the men aren't the center of attention, but they are using the traditional manly ways to put the women down.
- Analyzes how glaspell reversed the characterizations of the women of that time period by letting the audience see everything from a woman's point of view.
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Analysis Of Feminism In Trifles
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The approach being used for Susan Glaspell’s play is feminist criticism. Glaspell’s play was written in 1916. In the 1900s women were expected to stay home, clean, cook, and take care of the family. Men were the providers of the household, smarter, and in control. Today women are more independent. They are running businesses and taking on more masculine jobs such as, firefighters and police officers. Women are even working and raising families. In some households the wife works while the husband stays home. A woman can do a man’s job and maybe sometimes better.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes the feminist approach to susan glaspell's play, "trifles." in the 1900s women were expected to stay home, clean, cook, and take care of the family. women are more independent, running businesses and taking on more masculine jobs.
- Explains that feminist criticism is the analysis that arises from the viewpoint of feminism, feminist theory and/or feminist politics.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell, a journalist with des moines daily news, covered the trial for her newspaper. she investigated the murder by visiting the farmhouse where hossack and his wife margaret lived.
- Analyzes the feminist approach to susan glaspell's play, "trifles." in the 1900s women were expected to stay home, clean, cook, and take care of the family. women are more independent, running businesses and taking on more masculine jobs.
- Explains that feminist criticism is the analysis that arises from the viewpoint of feminism, feminist theory and/or feminist politics.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell, a journalist with des moines daily news, covered the trial for her newspaper. she investigated the murder by visiting the farmhouse where hossack and his wife margaret lived.
- Narrates how the sheriff, his wife, the attorney, and the neighbors, mr. and mrs. hale, enter the wright's farmhouse kitchen.
- Analyzes how the women are mocked by the men in the play. the county attorney implies that mrs. wright was a lousy housekeeper and that is why her marriage wasn't cheerful.
- Analyzes how glaspell shows how women don't need to rely on men in the real world and that women are superior to men.
- Narrates how mrs. wright changed after she felt trapped in her marriage and needed to escape. she strangled her husband and took his life.
- Opines that women today are stronger and more in charge and don't allow for a man to come into their life and destroy what they have built for themselves.
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The Theme Of Justice In Trifles By Susan Glaspell
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“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell is a literary breakthrough. Thought by many to be the first piece of modern work advocating women 's rights, this play made a splash into the male dominated era of the early nineteenth century. Set on a farm after the murder of Mr. Wright, three male characters assign themselves with the position of investigators, while their two wives serve as mere gatherers for the convicted felon Mrs. Wright. Mrs. Peters, one of the women, deliberately challenges society 's social norms. With the surrounding males confining her to only domestic functions, Mrs. Peter not only questions yet takes on his male dominated role, providing justice for a fellow female. By leaving the theme of justice in the hands of Mrs. Peters, Glaspell
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's "trifles" is a literary breakthrough, demonstrating how women had to work hard to protect each other from male dominated society.
- Analyzes how glaspell's portrayal of the sheriff as the "ideal" male makes us question itative figure that the ideal male stood for.
- Analyzes how society's restrictions made it so that mrs. peters locked inside her emotions, forbidden from letting her husband see her true self.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's "trifles" is a literary breakthrough, demonstrating how women had to work hard to protect each other from male dominated society.
- Analyzes how glaspell's portrayal of the sheriff as the "ideal" male makes us question itative figure that the ideal male stood for.
- Analyzes how society's restrictions made it so that mrs. peters locked inside her emotions, forbidden from letting her husband see her true self.
- Analyzes how the sheriff represents the direct conflict mrs. peters deals with throughout the play.
- Analyzes how glaspell shows how its the male's job as a husband to demean their wives.
- Analyzes how mrs. peters struggles with resisting her gender role, because when she seeks retaliation, she challenges what society has formed her into.
- Analyzes how mrs. peters overcomes the conflict she faces with her husband when she decides to take the law into her own hands.
- Analyzes how glaspell reverses the roles of mrs. peters and the sheriff to show the stupidity in men thinking they were more intellectual and important than their wives.
- Analyzes how pp glaspell uses mrs. peters throughout her play to advocate that women should not only question male dominated roles but overcome them.
- Analyzes how glaspell shows how men pride themselves with the titles associated with their jobs rather than outcomes.
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The Importance of Female Characters in Susan Glaspell's 'Trifles'
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According to the Merriam -Webster Online Dictionary an assumption is a belief that something is true or a fact or statement that is taken for granted. Susan Glaspell wrote "Trifles" to demonstrate the male assumption that women are insignificant members in a male dominated society. Because the men underestimate them, the women are able to prove they are not insignificant. The improper assumptions by men toward women can have dire consequences, as demonstrated in Glaspell's world. Combating these narcissistic assumptions displayed by men can result in a unity among women that can overcome any male caused disrespect and oppression.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how glaspell proves that the preserves represent a woman's important role in the household during this time period. these trivial things/actions contain the answer for the motive of the murder.
- Analyzes how glaspell continues her point in regard to assumptions by portraying a serious crime that leads to the eventual death of mr. wright and the freedom of mrs.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell exhibits that women are important and are not to be trifled with. the protagonist, mrs. wright, is tried by a jury of her peers and is found not guilty.
- Analyzes how glaspell proves that the preserves represent a woman's important role in the household during this time period. these trivial things/actions contain the answer for the motive of the murder.
- Analyzes how glaspell continues her point in regard to assumptions by portraying a serious crime that leads to the eventual death of mr. wright and the freedom of mrs.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell exhibits that women are important and are not to be trifled with. the protagonist, mrs. wright, is tried by a jury of her peers and is found not guilty.
- Narrates how she was going to quilt and what is it you call it, ladies.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell wrote "trifles" to demonstrate the male assumption that women are insignificant members in a male dominated society.
- Analyzes how glaspell demonstrates the assumption that men view women and their respective actions as incompetent and trivial.
- Analyzes how glaspell's "trifles" reaffirms that the women find mrs. wright not guilty. the women triumph over the men by uniting against male oppression.
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A Comparison of Feminism in Trifles and A Jury of Her Peers
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Feminists usually do not vary in the views that they have. The feminist wants equal rights for both sexes, and wants all women to be treated just like men. The short story and the play suggest something different. Within the story there are many instances that suggest that Susan Gla...
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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Comparing Glaspell's Trifles And Sophocles Anti
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The plays Susan Glaspell’s Trifles and Sophocles’ Antigone, examine the contrast between the roles of women versus the roles of men in a male dominated society. Women are often viewed as inferior to men. The women in Trifles are second class citizens, who are to follow the beliefs and commands of man, whereas Antigone is a headstrong and defiant woman, who doesn’t mind challenging a man’s authority. In both these plays, the women showed great courage and bravery by going against cultural conventions and defying the rules of man.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's trifles and sophocles' antigone examine the contrast between the roles of women and men in a male dominated society.
- Analyzes how trifles shows how women were treated and ridiculed by men in the 1900's.
- Analyzes how antigone is a heroic and brave woman who stands up for what she feels is right. she protects her dead brothers' honor as she disobeyed the laws of king creon.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's trifles and sophocles' antigone examine the contrast between the roles of women and men in a male dominated society.
- Analyzes how trifles shows how women were treated and ridiculed by men in the 1900's.
- Analyzes how antigone is a heroic and brave woman who stands up for what she feels is right. she protects her dead brothers' honor as she disobeyed the laws of king creon.
- Analyzes how trifles and antigone document the oppression of women, but in two distinct ways. the latter incorporates the mood of society towards women by men through belittling and making them feel insecure, while the latter is a tragic hero for standing up to the king.
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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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Trifles By Susan Glaspell Gender Roles
analytical essay
In the one act play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, there has been a murder in a remote home of Mr. Wright. The county’s attorney, sheriff, a neighbor and their wives come to investigate the murder. The men treat the women as spectators to the investigation and discount their conversation as women just being women, always worried about the small things. There is a clear cut gender difference in the way that Glaspell sets the female gender as being treated irrelevant, ignorant and as property.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how in susan glaspell's play "trifles", the men treat women as spectators to the investigation and discount their conversation as women.
- Analyzes how glaspell is trying to show that females are often left as an afterthought, be it that the men are busy or that they just don't care.
- Analyzes how the men treat the women with ignorance as to why a murder would have been committed.
- Analyzes how in susan glaspell's play "trifles", the men treat women as spectators to the investigation and discount their conversation as women.
- Analyzes how glaspell is trying to show that females are often left as an afterthought, be it that the men are busy or that they just don't care.
- Analyzes how the men treat the women with ignorance as to why a murder would have been committed.
- Analyzes how glaspell's view of mrs. wright before bearing the chains of marriage shows a stark contrast to the women that are spoken of after marriage.
- Analyzes how glaspell shows that only through living experience of what a woman has to go through by giving up their own life to marriage, can someone see why the murder was committed.
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My Thoughts on Susan Glaspell's 'Trifles'
analytical essay
The first reading I enjoyed was Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles”. The main character in the plat is a sheriff, his wife, the county attorney, and Mr. and Mrs. Hale. The opening scene is all of them in John Wright’s kitchen. Mr. Hale tells the sheriff and attorney how he a visited the house on the day before day and Mrs. Wright greeted him but her demeanor was little suspicions. She told him that her husband was upstairs dead. She says she was asleep when someone choked her husband to death. All the men suspect she is the murderer. While the men look for evidence in the house they criticize Mrs. Wright’s housekeeping skills and that really irritates Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter, the sheriff’s wife. While the men continue to look around the house, they missed the bad fruit preserves and bread that was left out the box, a quilt that she didn’t finish, a half cleaned table, and an empty birdcage. The men were preoccupied looking for scientific evidence and end up completely missing the psychological signs that Mrs. Wright was miserable living with Mr. Wright cold-natured attitude.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's "trifles" irritates the sheriff, his wife, the county attorney, and mr. and mrs. hale.
- Analyzes how the men in the play were typical men-folk. they put on this persona that they are the most important creatures on earth. their high-mighty attitude made the women feel inferior and formed a bond between them.
- Analyzes how eugene o'neill's "the hairy ape" is about a group of men who worked in the engine room of the transatlantic ocean liner.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's "trifles" irritates the sheriff, his wife, the county attorney, and mr. and mrs. hale.
- Analyzes how the men in the play were typical men-folk. they put on this persona that they are the most important creatures on earth. their high-mighty attitude made the women feel inferior and formed a bond between them.
- Analyzes how eugene o'neill's "the hairy ape" is about a group of men who worked in the engine room of the transatlantic ocean liner.
- Opines that the moral of yank's death is be careful of the things you speak into existence and never lose sight of your true self.
- Analyzes how langston hughes' "the negro speaks of rivers" connects four well-known rivers from around the world to the soul, heritage, and spirit of the african-american community.
- Analyzes how langston hughes created a sense of ancestral and cultural history in the negro speaks of rivers.
- Analyzes how cheever's "the wrysons" is about an outwardly ordinary looking middle class couple. the husband secretly bakes and eats cakes in the middle of the night to suppress his depression, while the wife is obsessed with the thought that there will be a nuclear holocaust.
- Opines that they didn't enjoy the story because it was not a good one. they wanted the characters to show their true selves to each other and the world.
- Analyzes how theodore roethke's "my papa’s waltz" is about a little boy who danced around with his father.
- Opines that reading about a young child's reminiscing about the joy of spending time with his father was too soon for them.
- Analyzes how joyce oates' "where are you going, where have you been?" is based on real life events about a 15-year-old girl named connie.
- Opines that oates was trying to tell the real-life story through the eyes of the girls involved, but the story was still predictable.
- Admits they didn't want to take literature for a information technology management degree, but it was fun to read, think, and discuss in high school.
- Describes the e-books that have been published by mcgraw-hill since the civil war, such as cheever, john, the wrysons, and haughes, langston.
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The Empowerment of Women in Trifles by Glaspell
analytical essay
From the beginning the women of “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell do not seem to have a significant role in the play. These women appear to just be along for the ride while their husbands do the dirty work of searching through the crime scene. In the end even though they serve as secondary characters to their husbands, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters play a large role in portraying the theme of this play, and without them the plot would not have been conducted nearly the same way to get the message out to the audience.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the women of "trifles" by susan glaspell don't seem to have a significant role in the play.
- Analyzes how the county attorney, the sheriff, his wife, and mr. and mrs. hale walk into the wrights house and see a clear division of power between the men and the women.
- Explains that mrs. hale and mrs peters have never met, but they quickly formed a bond and worked well together.
- Analyzes how the women of "trifles" by susan glaspell don't seem to have a significant role in the play.
- Analyzes how the county attorney, the sheriff, his wife, and mr. and mrs. hale walk into the wrights house and see a clear division of power between the men and the women.
- Explains that mrs. hale and mrs peters have never met, but they quickly formed a bond and worked well together.
- Analyzes how the men are caught up in the stereotypes of women during this time period and completely overlook the evidence as "trifles." they skip looking through the kitchen and instead do the majority of their investigating in barn and the bedroom.
- Analyzes how the theme of the play deals with the discrimination and poor treatment of women during this time period.
- Analyzes how mrs. hale and mrs peters withheld evidence from their husbands to defend all women during this time period. they felt that the prejudices and discriminatory acts of men were not acceptable.
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Susan Glaspell's Trifles
analytical essay
A lack of cultural awareness or the assumption by one cultural group that another is inferior often results in painful and personal and social encounters. Consider the characters in Susan Glaspell’s Trifles. During a short visit to the Wrights, Mr. Hale found Mrs. Wright behaving strangely, after purportedly finding her husband with a rope around the neck. The incident ultimately became the talk of the town. Some were accusing Mrs. Wright of murdering her husband. Mrs. Wright of course denied the allegation, arguing that she was asleep when someone broke into her home and murdered her husband. While the men were blinded by their relentless and often emotionless inquiry of the murder case, the women sympathized with Minnie, the wife of the
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how a lack of cultural awareness or the assumption by one cultural group that another is inferior often results in painful and personal and social encounters.
- Analyzes how langston hughes treats racism as a personal and real fact. he pushes for artistic independence and race pride that embody the values and aspirations of the common man.
- Analyzes how robert hayden captures the holisticity of the african-american experience by stressing the pain, suffering, and countervailing force of restitution.
- Analyzes how a lack of cultural awareness or the assumption by one cultural group that another is inferior often results in painful and personal and social encounters.
- Analyzes how langston hughes treats racism as a personal and real fact. he pushes for artistic independence and race pride that embody the values and aspirations of the common man.
- Analyzes how robert hayden captures the holisticity of the african-american experience by stressing the pain, suffering, and countervailing force of restitution.
- Analyzes how spiegelman's graphic novel, maus, is a unique literary creation in the sense that it deals with the holocaust.
- Analyzes how frost's poem, "the road not taken," is a misinterpretation of taking the nontraditional path. it appears to be more about rationalizing one’s actions.
- Explains that creative nonfiction illustrates that no direct duplication of reality is possible in language, that all writing is affected by ’s point of view.
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Gender Differences in Susan Glaspell's Trifles
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Susan Glaspell's play, "Trifles", attempts to define one of the main behavioral differences between man and woman. For most of the story, the two genders are not only geographically separated, but also separated in thought processes and motive, so that the reader might readily make comparisons between the two genders. Glaspell not only verbally acknowledges this behavioral difference in the play, but also demonstrates it through the characters' actions and the turns of the plot. The timid and overlooked women who appear in the beginning of the play eventually become the delicate detectives who, discounted by the men, discover all of the clues that display a female to be the disillusioned murderer of her (not so dearly) departed husband. Meanwhile, the men in the play not only arrogantly overlook the "trifling" clues that the women find that point to the murderer, but also underestimate the murderer herself. "These were trifles to the men but in reality they told the story and only the women could see that (Erin Williams)". The women seem to be the insightful unsung heroes while the men remain outwardly in charge, but sadly ignorant.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the men and women of the play look at mrs. wright differently. the men don't consider her living conditions or spousal abuse as a motive.
- Analyzes the difference between the sexes in the play. the men conceal the evidence that links mrs. wright with the murder to protect her from her impending fate.
- Analyzes how glaspell sums many of these gender differences into one sentence: "women are used to worrying over trifles"
- Analyzes how the men and women of the play look at mrs. wright differently. the men don't consider her living conditions or spousal abuse as a motive.
- Analyzes the difference between the sexes in the play. the men conceal the evidence that links mrs. wright with the murder to protect her from her impending fate.
- Analyzes how glaspell sums many of these gender differences into one sentence: "women are used to worrying over trifles"
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's play, "trifles", attempts to define one of the main behavioral differences between man and woman.
- Introduces susan glaspell's trifles in making literature matter: an anthology for readers and writers.
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The Treatment of Women in Trifles by Susan Glaspell
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"Trifles," a one-act play written by Susan Glaspell, is a cleverly written story about a murder and more importantly, it effectively describes the treatment of women during the early 1900s. In the opening scene, we learn a great deal of information about the people of the play and of their opinions. We know that there are five main characters, three men and two women. The weather outside is frighteningly cold, and yet the men enter the warm farmhouse first. The women stand together away from the men, which immediately puts the men against the women. Mrs. Hale?s and Mrs. Peters?s treatment from the men in the play is reflective of the beliefs of that time. These women, aware of the powerless slot that has been made for them, manage to use their power in a way that gives them an edge. This power enables them to succeed in protecting Minnie, the accused. "Trifles" not only tells a story, it shows the demeaning view the men have for the women, the women?s reaction to man?s prejudice, and the women?s defiance of their powerless position.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how "trifles," a one-act play written by susan glaspell, describes the treatment of women during the early 1900s.
- Analyzes how glaspell uses dialogue to show the demeaning view the men have for the women. mr. hale trivializes the many tasks and details that women are responsible for, implying their unimportance.
- Analyzes how the men's prejudice is blatant and the women don't force their thoughts or feelings on them when biased statements are made in their direction.
- Analyzes how "trifles," a one-act play written by susan glaspell, describes the treatment of women during the early 1900s.
- Analyzes how glaspell uses dialogue to show the demeaning view the men have for the women. mr. hale trivializes the many tasks and details that women are responsible for, implying their unimportance.
- Analyzes how the men's prejudice is blatant and the women don't force their thoughts or feelings on them when biased statements are made in their direction.
- Analyzes how the women have claimed a powerful stance from their powerless position. they recognize the value of their perceptions and decisions and put that foremost in their strategy.
- Analyzes how "trifles" shows how women can make a difference during any era.
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Feminist in Susan Glaspell´s Play Trifles
analytical essay
Susan Glaspell uses literary elements that show the readers the feminist theme in the play. The use of characters in this play really shows the feminist theme the most. Men in this play clearly demonstrates how men wer...
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's play trifles is a revolutionary writing in its advocacy of the feminist movement.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's trifles is an observation on the demeaning, insignificant characterization of women’s labor and their lives within domesticity.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell uses literary elements that show the readers the feminist theme in the play.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's play trifles is a revolutionary writing in its advocacy of the feminist movement.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell's trifles is an observation on the demeaning, insignificant characterization of women’s labor and their lives within domesticity.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell uses literary elements that show the readers the feminist theme in the play.
- Opines that women are used to worrying over trifles.
- Analyzes how such dialogue shows how the three male characters just make fun of mrs. peters for worrying about non-important things or how hale would call it "trifles."
- Analyzes how the title "trifles" symbolizes the frustration and powerlessness many feminists felt in the early 20th century america as women were denied reproductive control.
- Analyzes how susan glaspell hid the names of the female characters to symbolize that they don't have an identity.
- Analyzes how the bird and the cage symbolize the oppression of minnie foster, and it can also mean the death of her husband.
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