A Doll House Vs Trifles

The law has always been interpreted differently throughout history. The unrevealed crimes were hidden from the government whether or not they were justified. Although the government plays a huge role in determining certain actions as crimes, one’s conscience is the real determining factor. In “The Trifles” by Susan Glasbell and “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen, both of the main characters commit crimes that they feel are justified. Mrs. Wright is accused of killing her husband in the play and justified by her neighbors for suffering through her emotionally abusive relationship. On the other hand, Nora in “A Doll House” commits forgery by imitating her father’s signature to save Torvald’s life. Although both actions are considered crimes by law,
Although there is a big difference in the crimes they commit, they both go against the legal law. A similarity in both of the plays is that women’s voices are silenced, therefore women themselves take action in order to correct their lives. The males of both of the plays look down upon their women and show little respect towards them. In the “Trifles,” the males in the crime scene constantly make fun of the females by judging them for paying attention to the small details such as the quilts, while overlooking a woman’s role in a household. On the other hand, in “A Doll House,” Torvald undermines the importance of Nora to the family as a mother just because he has more say in the household. Another interesting similarity between the two plays is that both of the protagonists are compared to birds; Torvald calls Nora his “lark” (808), and Mrs. Hale says that Mrs. Wright was “kind of a bird herself” (753). These metaphors symbolize birds that are trapped in cages in the same way that Nora and Mrs. Wright were trapped into their gender roles, where there “duties” are not to themselves but to their husbands and