investigation.” While the men focused on the big picture and immediately ignore the kitchen to “search for clues in the barn‚ the bedroom‚ in higher spheres – upstairs.” (Glaspell)‚ the two wives are left in the kitchen‚ and they find clues about life in the Wright household. Noticeably‚ Glaspell uses the kitchen as the main setting to emphasize the value system of attitudes toward the genders. The kitchen had always been viewed as the women domain‚
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reveals the struggle of what is right to your friends and what is your legal duty. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters‚ Minnie Wright’s unexpected peers‚ have much more in common than what meets the eye. As they begin their investigation through the Wright home; things appear to be much more obvious than previously motioned‚ but the unfolding of their blossoming friendship could end up putting Mrs. Minnie in the doghouse instead. Legality‚ the state or quality of being in conformity with the law‚ represents
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by Susan Glaspell and published in 1917 a man named John Wright was choked to death in his bed with a rope. John Wright’s wife‚ Minnie is the prime suspect and has been taken to the jail to await her trial. The county lawyer George Henderson‚ the sheriff Henry Peters‚ his wife and the local farmer Lewis Hale and his wife Martha arrive at the home of John and Minnie Wright trying to locate clues so they could hold a trial and convict Minnie for the murder of her husband. Mrs. Peters and Martha Hale
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woman’s place was in the kitchen. That is the setting for Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles. The set is described as gloomy with faded wallpaper. Glaspell is painting a picture of the life of the absent Minnie Wright. Throughout the play‚ the reader discovers‚ along with the female characters‚ that Minnie lived a lonely life of neglect and abuse. As this was written before the passing of the nineteenth amendment‚ women had little to no rights. According to Isabel Marcus‚ “Prior to the divorce-law
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illustrates how this highly stereotypical role can create oppression for women and also bring harm to men as well. Character names are very important in A Jury of her Peers. The two characters‚ John and Minnie Wright‚ are the focus of the story. The name Minnie has significant symbolism. Minnie is derived from mini or minimized‚ which was very descriptive of her oppressed relationship with John and also the male insensitivity toward most women in society. Women taking their husband’s last names
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in order to protect one of their own‚ Minnie Foster Wright and allow the men to never learn of the reasons behind the murder of John Wright. Susan Glaspell writes this story in third person omniscient. Through the use of this point of view‚ the narrator is able to illustrate a central point of view by showing each character’s thoughts‚ feelings and actions. In the first part of the story we learn about Mrs. Hale. She is an older women who has know Minnie for several years‚ however hasn’t seen
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hateful towards Minnie. He even killed her most prized possession‚ the only thing that got her through her terrible life her bird. Another way in which the story lacked resemblance is how Mary and Minnie killed their husbands and the reason for killing them. In Dahl’s short story Mary killed Patrick because he wanted a divorce for an unknown reason. Mary killed him by smacking him over the head with a frozen lamb leg when his back was turned away from her. In Glaspell’s short story Minnie killed John
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during this time period. Her play would later become the benchmark of the feminist movement and give her a reputation as a writer sensitive to these issues. Glaspell characterizes social stigma in this play with the murder of John Wright‚ the insensitive husband of Mrs. Wright. The key evidence is covered up by Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters when they take justice into their own hands. Just as the men in the play consider women’s interests "trifles‚" and miss vital evidence‚ so did many in 1916 overlook the
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are changed by marriage‚ especially women‚ and how man and women find different things important. Mr. and Mrs. John Wright had a seemingly healthy relationship to the public‚ however‚ their marriage had negative impacts behind closed doors. John was considered a “good man”(1374) yet he was controlling in all manners inside the home. This includes everything from how Mrs. Wright kept house to her personality. John controlled the money very tightly‚ so
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action. The short dramatic play‚ “Trifles‚” by Susan Glaspell showcases the repression of American women by a male dominated society during the late 1800’s. The protagonist‚ Minnie Wright‚ remains unseen throughout the play. Just as women of the playwright’s time were silenced in matters that affected their day-to day lives‚ Minnie is helpless to defend herself and is instead‚ defended through the exposure of her circumstances. “Trifles” reminds the audience that women are not to be
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