Susan Glaspell's, Trifles, and Tom Stoppard's, The Real Inspector Hound, are both about a murder mystery, however there are many aspects of the two plays that are different, such as the setting, style, and tone of the plots. Glaspell and Stoppard both had different influences that helped to make them and their writing famous. Susan Glaspell is an early twentieth century playwright who had a knack for acting and a gift for writing plays. Glaspell was influenced by her mid-western history such as
discrimination based on the sex of a person has oppressed women from all areas of the world. The theme of sexism and gender is revealed in Susan Glaspell’s Trifles through the setting, conflict, and choice of irony exhibited by the women’s treatment, their reactions, and the results of the investigation. The setting takes places at a farmhouse in the early twentieth century, and it is within this domain that a perfect environment for sexism is set up. At that moment,
Learning Through Experience: How and Why the Women’s Perception in Trifles Differed from the Men In Susan Glaspell’s famous play, Trifles, a murder mystery takes place with the investigation of recently deceased husband, John Wright, and his suspicious wife, Minnie Wright, at an abandoned farmhouse. Those who are there to investigate are a local sheriff and a county attorney with the help of a neighbor by the name of Mr. Hale for questioning. Although there is a full male presence within this