Trifles By Susan Glaspell

Trifles is a one-act play that was composed in 1916 by Susan Glaspell. Glaspell was a strong feminist journalist who played a part in an exceptional group of writers, directors, and actors called the Provincetown Players (“About the Author”). The inspiration for the play stemmed from a murder investigation that Glaspell observed in her days as a reporter. This drama is centered around the investigation of a murder that involved a husband and wife who both had seemingly opposite personalities. Although their personalities were contradictory, their marriage grew rather grim overtime, in turn making Mrs.Wright the prime suspect in the case of her husband's murder. The setting of this drama has a big role in the investigation, the presence of symbolism