Gender Dynamics and Empowerment in Glaspell’s Trifles

Susan Glaspell’s short story Trifles usher’s women to speak up and let their voice be heard, not only in the story but in the real world. Throughout Trifles it is revealed that the men constantly tell the women what they worry about is minute, just like in today’s world. Around the time that Glaspell writes this, women are still attempting to earn their rightful place amongst men, in the world. Glaspell’s short story Trifles concentrates on today’s ideas of women proving that what they think is important and them coming together to protect each other. In Glaspell’s Trifles the women know that they are no lower than a man and they can do anything the men can do. They keep fighting throughout the story in an attempt to show the men that what they are thinking is important. Once women in the world realize that they do not have to do what society tells them to do, and that they are not restricted to a certain lifestyle things begin to change. In the world, for so long, all anybody did is follow the rules that were set before them. Now we see that not only have the women risen in the world but some of the men have realized that women do have a

Although these problems are still around, women are more powerful now than ever before. Glaspell’s short story intensifies the idea of women’s rights and proves that we are not alone. Standing up for what they believe in has become more relevant in today’s world. Glaspell’s short story Trifles stands to point out that women may do things differently but those things are still important, and that a united front is much better than standing alone. The world has come such a long way from where it started. Women began as the people who keep the household in check and the men held jobs and brought in the money. Now, society’s norms are down the drain, if somebody wants something they’ll go after it. The fight for equality has raged for years and it still is not