Suspense In The Play Trifles
In the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell it was a very interesting and suspenseful play. This play is about a women being accused of killing her husband. The play takes place around the 1916 where they try to find out who killed Mrs. Wright husband John Wright. Hale, starts telling what happen that day when he went to the Wrights home. That afternoon Hale was going to ask John if he wanted to go put up a telephone. When Hale starts to explain the situation to the sheriff and the county general in full detail what happened the suspense starts to arise. Hale starts to explain how he saw Mrs. Wright that day she was acting strange just rocking on her rocking chair with a blank response. Finally Hale asks Mrs. Wright if he can speak to John and
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For instance in the play the men give the impression as harsh serious-minded detectives but they are not paying as much attention around their surrounding as the women are. During this time women were not treated the same as men. In the play the men thought that the women were only interest was in cooking, cleaning or having a little chat with the other house wives. Women were not seen smart in society at the time if women ever tried to have a serious conversation on a topic they weren’t even taken seriously or even bother to listen to them. For example in the play Hale says “Well, Women are used to worrying over trifles”( Glaspell 1.3 Line 30). By this he is making fun of the women lacking common sense and mental focus to pay attention to more important things. The role of women in society are seen as uneducated women who only know about being in the kitchen and house work. But on the other hand men are seen as more intelligent men who have more rights than women in society. For instance the sheriffs wife realize that she isn’t free as she thought to be but just like Mrs. Wright due to the roles they have in society. For example Mrs. Peter gradually comes to recognize, however, that martial designation---- wife of the sheriff- offers her no more freedom than it does Minnie; in fact, it complete destroys her as an individual. (Glaspell
For instance in the play the men give the impression as harsh serious-minded detectives but they are not paying as much attention around their surrounding as the women are. During this time women were not treated the same as men. In the play the men thought that the women were only interest was in cooking, cleaning or having a little chat with the other house wives. Women were not seen smart in society at the time if women ever tried to have a serious conversation on a topic they weren’t even taken seriously or even bother to listen to them. For example in the play Hale says “Well, Women are used to worrying over trifles”( Glaspell 1.3 Line 30). By this he is making fun of the women lacking common sense and mental focus to pay attention to more important things. The role of women in society are seen as uneducated women who only know about being in the kitchen and house work. But on the other hand men are seen as more intelligent men who have more rights than women in society. For instance the sheriffs wife realize that she isn’t free as she thought to be but just like Mrs. Wright due to the roles they have in society. For example Mrs. Peter gradually comes to recognize, however, that martial designation---- wife of the sheriff- offers her no more freedom than it does Minnie; in fact, it complete destroys her as an individual. (Glaspell