Essays on Trifles

In the play of “Trifles”, by Susan Glaspell took to the stage as a feminist playwright writer; in fact, she exposes afflictions and hardships women underwent in the 1900s because of their gender. The 20th century was a time of dilemma for women: they were trapped between the traditional male and female roles. Glaspell’s Trifles…

When writing, there are many different ways to present the story, such as in organization (chronological and cause-effect for example), point of view (first person, second person, third person, etc.), and other such concepts. The way someone structures their story is important in the understanding of the meaning, the characters, and the actions of characters…

From the minute we are born we are put into one of two categories, boy or girl. No one asks if a person would like to be considered something else. There is no choosing. There is also no mention of any grey area, just black or white. Society has evolved in a way where attached…

Trifles takes place in the farm house of Mr. and Mrs. Wright who live in a rural Iowa town during the early 1900s.(jack108.2011) During this time period women had little freedom of their own being, and were considered objects that were subjected to house duties. Women were expected only to get married and have children….

The conversation definitely set the sound for this poem. One of the first things I noticed when reading was the women was never referred to by their names, but was referred only by their husband’s last name. This automatically gives the reader the impression that during this time women were not allowed to have an…

YOU are a woman living in the 1870’s, there is great news: wife beating is illegal in most states, battering laws are put in place, BUT there is one catch, that doesn’t really matter because those laws are not enforced meaning that your suffering is ongoing. Finally, in 1920, women are finally given the right…

In the 20t cetury women lived a very different life than they do today. They were looked at as just housewives who should do all the chores around the house, while men work then come home and get pampered. As a result of women slaving around the house, many of them turned into very sad…

The play, Trifles is part of a series done by the author Susan Glaspell performed in the1900’s. The play is centered around the death of John Wright in his little farm home. “The chief suspect in the murder is his wife, Minnie Wright, who is locked up pending investigations” (Holstein). The investigations are led by…

The two best words to describe women in the 19th century were housewives and mothers. Some may ask why so? In the 1900s, men were perceived as the superior gender and degraded the women’s role in marriages. As a woman in the 1900s, their duty was to cook, clean, take care of the children, and…

Women’s Suffering is a common theme that is explored in many pieces of literature. Trifles, by Susan Glaspell and The Story of an Hour, by Kate Chopin is no exception to this rule. These stories deeply analyze the women’s spousal role in a relationship during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Women were constantly thought of…