Trifles
Trifles
Trifles is a play by Susan Glaspell that covers the lives of several women and the men in their lives. The story begins with the murder of one of their neighbors, Mr. Wright, who is suspected to have been killed by his wife. The local Sherriff, Peters, enlists the help of his friend Mr. Hale to investigate the crime. Their wives are willing to help solve the case, but are denied this opportunity by their husbands who believe that they should spend their time worrying about their female things. Their husbands constantly mock them and make fun of their hobbies and way of life. In the end, the women solve the case and conclude that Mrs. Wright killed her husband, without the help of the men, but choose to withhold the incriminating evidence …show more content…
It is set in the kitchen of the house belonging to the Wrights. Mrs. Hale describes the house as lonesome, which is much like Mrs. Wright’s life. She did not have any contact with the outside world and interacted only with her husband, who mistreated and belittled her. Their house was located in a hollow ground, which ensured that she did not see what was going on outside their home. Her life was sad and lonely (Hosseini 5-8). Using dialogue, the author shows the readers that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters also felt much like Mrs. Wright had. They are unhappy with the manner in which their husbands undermine …show more content…
The women in this society have spent all their lives being ignored and belittled by men. The activities they engage in are considered inferior to the things the men in their lives do. Their roles as wives and mothers do not seem to bear as much weight as the roles their husbands play (Ben-Zvi 141-162). Even though they are willing to help solve the case, their husbands would never let them. They do not take their thoughts and opinions seriously and cannot fathom how a woman could comprehend the complexities of the case at hand. They tell them to keep on trifling with their female things and advise them to leave these complicated matters to them. The women do not like it than men are constantly belittling them, and when they finally solve the case, they can understand why Mrs. Wright would kill her husband. Just like them, she had been belittled, ignored, and neglected by her husband. When she could no longer take it, she decided to take justice in her hands and kill him. Her act of murdering her husband was a form of revolt against their male-dominated society. Mrs. Peters also makes her own revolutionary journey of female enlightenment from a meek and submissive housewife to a lawbreaking rebel who is willing to hide evidence from the authorities and aid a murderer.
The men in Trifles have been over-empowered and led to believe that they
Trifles is a play by Susan Glaspell that covers the lives of several women and the men in their lives. The story begins with the murder of one of their neighbors, Mr. Wright, who is suspected to have been killed by his wife. The local Sherriff, Peters, enlists the help of his friend Mr. Hale to investigate the crime. Their wives are willing to help solve the case, but are denied this opportunity by their husbands who believe that they should spend their time worrying about their female things. Their husbands constantly mock them and make fun of their hobbies and way of life. In the end, the women solve the case and conclude that Mrs. Wright killed her husband, without the help of the men, but choose to withhold the incriminating evidence …show more content…
It is set in the kitchen of the house belonging to the Wrights. Mrs. Hale describes the house as lonesome, which is much like Mrs. Wright’s life. She did not have any contact with the outside world and interacted only with her husband, who mistreated and belittled her. Their house was located in a hollow ground, which ensured that she did not see what was going on outside their home. Her life was sad and lonely (Hosseini 5-8). Using dialogue, the author shows the readers that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters also felt much like Mrs. Wright had. They are unhappy with the manner in which their husbands undermine …show more content…
The women in this society have spent all their lives being ignored and belittled by men. The activities they engage in are considered inferior to the things the men in their lives do. Their roles as wives and mothers do not seem to bear as much weight as the roles their husbands play (Ben-Zvi 141-162). Even though they are willing to help solve the case, their husbands would never let them. They do not take their thoughts and opinions seriously and cannot fathom how a woman could comprehend the complexities of the case at hand. They tell them to keep on trifling with their female things and advise them to leave these complicated matters to them. The women do not like it than men are constantly belittling them, and when they finally solve the case, they can understand why Mrs. Wright would kill her husband. Just like them, she had been belittled, ignored, and neglected by her husband. When she could no longer take it, she decided to take justice in her hands and kill him. Her act of murdering her husband was a form of revolt against their male-dominated society. Mrs. Peters also makes her own revolutionary journey of female enlightenment from a meek and submissive housewife to a lawbreaking rebel who is willing to hide evidence from the authorities and aid a murderer.
The men in Trifles have been over-empowered and led to believe that they