In Susan Glaspell's "Trifles," the women are treated as if they are inferior. It seems like the men take nothing the women say seriously. The men like to make fun of the women ... not respect their thoughts and remarks. For some reason Mrs. Peters takes up for them in that instance saying, "Of course they've got awful important things on their minds (Glaspell 879.) In my opinion, the women are the ones who solve the crime. Mrs. Peters is the one who finds the birdcage in the cupboard, and this is a key piece ... sheriff and the county attorney do not even waste their time searching through ...

• Word Count: 547
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Symbolism plays a major part in the play "Trifles." From the very beginning of the play, symbolism is evident in the first line. Glaspell (1916) writes, "The kitchen in the now abandoned farmhouse of John Wright, a gloomy kitchen, and left without having been put in order-unwashed pans under the sink, a loaf of bread outside the breadbox, a dish towel on the table- other signs of incomplete work" (1927). The author starts the play describing how empty and a mess the everyday lives of the Wrights were. Throughout the play, symbolism remains a constant that lets the reader examine who the charac...

• Word Count: 1017
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Though men and women are now recognized as equal in intelligence, when Susan Glaspell wrote "Trifles" and "A Jury of Her Peers" in 1916, it was not so. In this turn-of-the-century setting, women were barely educated and had no power. Relegated to ... mercy of the men in their lives. It is just this powerless existence that over time developed into a power with which women could baffle their male counterparts: an intuition. In Glaspell's story, ironic situations contrast male and female intuition, illustrating that Minnie Wright is more fairly judged by "a jury of her peers." "Trifles" illus...

• Word Count: 550
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... center of many plots and themes throughout the ages of literature. Many early twentieth century stories portrayed the female's character as demure and less intelligent than the male counterpart. Author Susan Glaspell was ahead of her time as she blurred the lines of traditional definitions, particularly of marriage and women's roles in society, in the early twentieth century. Based on her play ... Trifles, Glaspell's short story A Jury of Her Peers illustrates how men and women viewing the same set of circumstances will look at objects differently. In this story it is the men who ... ...

• Word Count: 1195
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• Grade Level: High School

... of evidence when investigating a crime. After all, it is this evidence that can turn a trial around, whether be it for the good or bad. This is especially the case in Susan Glaspell's Trifles. When Mrs. Hale comes across little pieces of evidence, she passes them off as being "trifles", hiding them from the detective. She is the reason that very little evidence ... ...

• Word Count: 888
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• Grade Level: High School

Trifles, written in the early 1900's by Susan Glaspell, is a one-act play illustrating how women can overreact to their own emotions, allowing these emotions to cloud their judgment. This is shown by describing the feelings of two women ... ...

• Word Count: 753
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• Grade Level: High School

... symbolic imagery in Trifles and more symbolic action in Antigone, both plays use symbolism to emphasize the theme of women struggling against the conventions of their times. In Trifles by Susan Glaspell the use of symbolism is made readily apparent to its reader. Look at the "Jar of Cherries."" "This is symbolic of Minnie's life and attitude. Minnie herself stayed on the ... ...

• Word Count: 883
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• Grade Level: High School

"A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell is a story relating to a husband, John Wright, who was found strangled in his bed. His wife, Mrs. Wright, is suspected of her husbands murder and is remanded by the police. ... ...

• Word Count: 547
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

"A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell is a story relating to a husband, John Wright, who was found strangled in his bed. His wife, Mrs. Wright, is suspected of her husbands murder and is remanded by the police. ... ...

• Word Count: 547
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... all the time in today's society. Men believe that women cannot do a "man's job." Men believe that a women cannot do any job better then them. In this story of Trifles, Susan Glaspell shows how men criticize women in a murder investigation. Trifles, is about a murder that is based on an abandon farmhouse, and the investigation of a woman, Mrs. Wright. The investigation took place ... ...

• Word Count: 979
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School