takes place in the empty farmhouse of Mr. and Mrs. Wright. The county attorney George Henderson‚ the sheriff Henry Peters and his wife‚ and Mr. and Mrs. Hale‚ neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Wright all go to the farmhouse to investigate the crime scene. Throughout the book Susan Glaspell uses a lot of symbolism. One example was the a dead bird that the women find. Hoping to find a motive for the crime the men go upstairs to the bedroom where Mr. Wright was murdered. While the women stay downstairs and
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motive to complete the prosecutor ’s case. (Trifles) Therefore‚ the busted preserves symbolize Minnie becoming fed up with the way her life was and the broken cage symbolizes Minnie breaking free from her controlling relationship with the “hard man” (Glaspell 1050) himself‚ Mr. John Wright. The bond between the women led them to not speak of the knowledge that they had and ultimately backing up Mrs. Wright. With the kitchen not being the men’s domain‚ the men felt no need to spend any of their time
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who seized his throne and married his widowed wife. Trifles‚ a play by Susan Glaspell written in 1916‚ is a play about the search for evidence of the murder of Mr. Wright. The entire play takes place in the Wright’s kitchen in which two women‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover that the murderer was none other than his wife Minnie Wright. Both of these plays consist of similar themes such as grief‚ memory of loved ones‚ death and murder. This paper will argue that how the setting
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Susan Glaspell was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright‚ actress‚ novelist‚ and journalist. Glaspell wrote the play Trifles which tells the story two investigations being conducted over murder of John Wright. While the male characters of the play conduct an “official” investigation the female characters find themselves inadvertently conducting their own “unofficial” investigation. However this is not a run-of-the-mill murder mystery play‚ in which the focus lies solely on discovering the
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wife. She rushes out to join them in the buggy and the group sets off. They arrive at the scene of the crime‚ the Wright’s lonesome-looking house. Immediately Mrs. Hale exhibits feeling of guilt for not visiting her friend Minnie Foster since Foster had married and become Mrs. Wright (the dead man’s wife) twenty years prior. Once the whole group is safely inside the house‚ Mr. Hale is asked to describe‚ to the county attorney‚ George Henderson‚ what he had seen and experienced the day prior. Despite
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husband‚ the sheriff‚ who is investigating the murder of the abusive John Wright. Throughout the story‚ the kitchen is referred to as
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Of Her Peers” are a women’s ability to express empathy‚ the manner in which both genders approach the investigation‚ and the different gender perception given on Mr. Wright’s cause of death. In “A Jury Of Her Peers” the women convey empathy to Minnie. This effects the audience because “The story presents both viewpoints‚ the readers take perspective of the women and are convinced” that “ empathy is a necessary component of the pursuit of Justice” (Mary M. Bendel-Simso). Glaspell emphasizes the
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During the late 1800’s‚ the subject of divorce was quite unmentionable. For women‚ divorce was burdensome to obtain; however‚ for men‚ if women committed a simple act of adultery‚ then a divorce could be granted. At first‚ it was almost impossible for women to get divorced‚ but later‚ if their husbands committed adultery and any other harmful crime‚ such as abuse‚ then they may file for divorce. Even so‚ it became futile for divorced women to live after this because the subject of divorce was so
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conversation between two women in this story. The women‚ Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale‚ are at the scene of the murder of John Wright. The women accompanied the County Attorney‚ the Sheriff‚ and Mr. Hale to the house. Mr. Hale describes everything that he saw the morning he discovered Mr. Wright’s body. The men have come to the house looking for evidence to convict Mrs. Wright. While the men are looking the house over for evidence‚ they grasp a different image than the women. The men viewed the
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is the closest thing to a fair trial although too late for our “broken” Minnie‚ no man would be able to understand the reason for her actions or be able to sympathize with her Our story begins with Martha Hale‚ hastily leaving her work undone. Being a farms wife‚ she is bound to these difficult and repetitive tasks in which little to no reward or recognition is given. This gives her and Mrs.Peters reason to help Mrs. Wright and keep details away from their husbands and the sheriff. They feel bad
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