Wright was by hers. Yet that is only when he is pleased by her obedience to him. When he learns of her transgression‚ he becomes cold towards her and shows his selfishness. He doesn’t care that she did it to save his life‚ and he has no regard for her at
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contemporary issues of gender and identity politics.” (Moe). Throughout the play‚ Glaspell interweaves these issues until they are impossible to separate. In the first part of the play‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters enter the now abandoned house of John Wright‚ Mrs. Wright’s husband (Glaspell 330). They are there as wives‚ adjunct to their husbands’ roles in society. However‚ through the process of attempting to help another woman gather items from her household that might comfort her in jail‚ they learn
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Mr. and Mrs. Hale. The three men immediately walk into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wright‚ while the women wait uncomfortably in the foyer. The men gather around a fire as Mr. Henderson explains what he witnessed the day of the murder. Mr. Henderson arrives at the house to ask John Wright if he wanted to split the cost of a phone line. He knocks without an answer and then becomes more persistent until he hears Mrs. Wright tell him to come inside. As he walks inside he finds her rocking in her chair‚
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Mrs. Wright’s ‘housekeeping’ ability. Additionally‚ the County Attorney conveniently forgets how Sheriff Peters insinuates Frank disturbed the crime scene: “When it dropped below zero last night I thought I’d better send Frank out this morning to make a fire for us—no use getting pneumonia with a big case on‚ but I told him not to touch anything except the stove—and you know Frank.” Unlike the County Attorney‚ Mrs. Hale remembers Sheriff Peter’s innuendo: “Duty’s all right‚ but I guess that deputy sheriff
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crime scene at the Wright House. Rather than being objective investigators‚ their negative views towards women and their discriminatory nature of the opposite sex caused them to overlook the situation and automatically branded Mrs. Wright as the killer with no regard for her emotions or state of mind at the time of the murder. The men were more concerned with criticizing Mrs. Wright’s lack of proper homemaking skills than trying to find the reason behind the murder of Mr. Wright. In line 157‚ while
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The Treatment of Women in Trifles "Trifles‚" a one-act play written by Susan Glaspell‚ is a cleverly written story about a murder and more importantly‚ it effectively describes the treatment of women during the early 1900s. In the opening scene‚ we learn a great deal of information about the people of the play and of their opinions. We know that there are five main characters‚ three men and two women. The weather outside is frighteningly cold‚ and yet the men enter the warm farmhouse first
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play “Trifles‚” by Susan Glaspell‚ the story takes place at the home of Mr. Wright a man who was murdered. Two man accompanied by two women visit the murder scene. Both genders are able to see the murder scene in different aspects. The women are able to notice things in the house that the men are not. This causes the men to not really see what happened to the murder victim. The main theme on “Trifles” is how different women and men can be. During the play it shows how both genders can be in the
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false- or not- accusations. It was written in 1916 and helped to usher in the women’s sufferage movement by generating awareness. In this story‚ the women discover a vitally important piece of evidence‚ a bird with a broken neck. Even though Mrs. Wright claims she did not murder her husband‚ with a motive in hand the courts could easily overturn her plea; however‚ the men feel the women are worried about silly things- trifles. While the plot initially seems very simple and straightforward‚ there
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characters‚ settings‚ objects as symbols to show the reader that men did not appreciate women and women at that time period did not have any freedom and happiness. In the drama‚ when Mr. Peters‚ Mr. Hale‚ Mrs. Peter and Mrs. Hale enter the kitchen of the Wright household‚ their conversations and their actions show that men do not appreciate women. For example‚ County Attorney says‚ “And yet. For all their worries‚ what would we do without the ladies? Dirty towels! Not much of a housekeeper‚ would you say
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find a dead bird which is one of the most important details that they build their conclusions on. The women hide this because they don’t want the men find it as a motive for Mrs. Wright to kill her husband‚ and the play ends after the women mislead the men. The bird in the play is highly symbolic for Mrs. and Mr. Wright which I think Susan has succeeded in using it. Review Description Symbols in literature add further meanings and make the meaning stay in the reader’s mind. As many plays
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