In 1916, Susan Glaspell wrote Trifles, a story inspired by a murder she covered while a journalist for an Iowa newspaper. Despite the simple title, the story has murder, deceit, and revelations of the facts. The play covers the aftermath of the murder of a farmer in his isolated farm home and the search for evidence of his killer. After reading this, I believe the characters in this play sought justice in their own ways; the males looking for cold hard facts, while the women hide what they uncover
Jeziel Pena 12/7/15 English 102 Essay #5, Drama Trifles The play "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell tells the story of a murder mystery involving the married couple, Mrs. Wright and Mr. Wright (the murder victim). This play also shows how women were viewed in society back in 1916 (when the play was first performed); which basically was that men clearly dominated almost every phase of life and women were often left with little importance. The male characters are the main investigators of
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
“Revenge of the caged bird” Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles”, written in 1916 gives the perfect example of revenge. This book explains how the revenge can be the only solution for the person’s misery. Mr. Wright, a farm owner, has been recently murdered at night in his bed, strangled by a rope. According to his wife, Mrs. Wright, her husband was murdered while she was sleeping right next to him. She was also accused of homicide. The sheriff, county attorney and Mr. Hale are on the investigation team
simply a story of social oppression of a subject, but as a tale of a nihilistic order of symbolic restriction where subjective dimension beyond these social restrictions does not exist at all. In his essay