Trifles

... feels like Cassio has stolen Desdemona from him. The men in Othello treat the women like they are property and they treat them with little importance. In Trifles, like Othello, the women are supposed to be subordinate housewives who are really only meant to be seen and not heard. The two wives, Mrs. ... there are many things to be done on a farm. The county attorney responds by saying, "Ah. Loyal to your sex " (671). The way men in Trifles judge the women based on what their ideal of what women should do is prominent throughout the story. Mr. Henderson judges the way Mrs. Wright's house ...

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... of the way. The setting, irony, character motives and Glaspell's message to the female readers gave insight on what came really came of Mr. Wright. Trifles was written in a time where societies were male dominated. During Glaspell's time, women were not allowed to vote, let alone write. She based the ... "Nothing that would point to any motive. Nothing here but kitchen things" (Ronson 218). Their blasé attitude toward the women's "trifles" is why they missed key details. Continuing on, the two women, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are questioning what they see in the kitchen. ... While they...

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... Glaspell is an American writer who was born in 1876 and she graduated from University of Chicago. Two of her notable works are the Trifles and Alison's house. Glaspell also won an award of Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1931.She has the recognition of first important modern female ... husband, women would not have security, but with security, women would not have freedom. Mrs. Wright is the main reason why everything happens in Trifles. Graspell uses Mrs. Wright to represent women in that time who loses her freedom and control. Mrs. Wright does something that unbelievable but understandabl...

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... actors that come to mind. John Goodman, Tom Hanks, Kevin Spacey, or George Clooney could play either role very well. Of the choices tragedy or comedy, Trifles is most definitely a tragedy. It deals with a serious topic, murder, and it arouses both pity and fear in the reader. It does not, however, ... the cage, they lied. Mrs. Peters told him, "We think the cat got it." The title of the story is fairly self-explanatory. The phrase "trifles" is mentioned a few different times in the play. It is a word used to describe the little things that early 20th century housewives occupied themselv...

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... and society. The wife, Nora, from "A Doll's House" and the wives, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, from "Trifles" have many similarities in the two plays. All four of the wives go through a similar journey where they discover and evaluate the role that they have been ... similar realization when Mr. Hale patronizes them, by considering what women focus the majority of their attention on as nothing more than "trifles" (1156). All of the men seem to have a similar attitude towards women as a reflection of their society. The wives, however, realizes how significant their ... "Trifl...

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... my eyes they seemed to be smart and on top of things but like I said that is just my opinion. They get on to the women for being concerned with trifles (petty stuff) such as the unopened bread and the broken cherries. As the story continues, I got to thinking that the real most important characters where the ladies, who had stayed ... men did not look beneath the surface of the things that end up being of serious importance to the crime scene because they were considered to be "womanly" things, or trifles and that it would not play a role. That was right because you should look at thing...

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... an actual home with meaning and not just another crime scene. For this reason they are able to uncover the motive by paying attention to the trifles the mean overlook. Because women's feelings are often neglected the men we are in relation with often dominate our entire lives; making the two individuals ... would "show anger or sudden feeling. " If the Sherriff and county attorney had not dismissed the unclean kitchen, half wiped table and the quilt as trifles they might have been able to put the pieces together to connect the case. However, they like Mr. Wright did not care about what...

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... it hasn't been obvious, the "other " in the play are the women. The women are seen as insubstantial and only have to worry about their "trifles ". The male characters use their knowledge and experience to look for the criminal evidence the murder left, while the female characters us a different angle, a ... Peters finds that there is something strange about Mrs. Wrights' fruit. Mr. Hale says to the other men: "Well, women are used to worrying over trifles " (1386). Using "used to ", Mr. Hale demonstrates that he thinks women always do useless things. The sheriff is superior to Mr. Hale;...

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Worrying over Trifles In Susan Glaspell's Trifles, she without a doubt challenges the morals, beliefs, and values of her audience. The play begins in an old Midwestern farmhouse. George Henderson, Henry Peters ... them to solving the murder. In spite of the terrible tragedy, one must come to a decision whether the murder is a sin or a blessing. In Trifles, the men and women demonstrate their many differences through their thought process and the women's sympathy for the accused. The men portrayed in the play show few ... less significant to men. Glaspell, through Lewis Hale's character, give...

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