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    "Trifles" and "A Jury of Her Peers" Susan Glaspell The “Trifles” and “A Jury Of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell are very similar in the way that they both have got the same basic plot . However ‚ one of them that is the trifles is a play and the other one is a short narrative story. According to me the story was easier to read and more clear to the reader as to how the various events were taking place but the play was difficult to understand as it was open ended it was made not very clear and also

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    figure is anticipated to carry the roles of caretaker‚ cook‚ mother‚ among other household duties. In addition‚ women were expected to be submissive and be the inferior of her husband; no voice of their own. It is evident that the setting of Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles” took place in an era where women were just seen as the “wife” of a male figure. Only females of that time period understood the struggles of being a housewife‚ therefore they felt obligated to ally with each other to protect themselves against

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    Susan Glaspell’s play‚ “Trifles”‚ expresses the gender character differences in society between men and women. During this time period society is primarily male dominant so women are often disregarded when it comes to many actions that are primarily carried out by males. In Trifles‚ the different viewpoints of the staging show that women’s perceptions can be the same if not better than that of a man’s. In the beginning the men are looking for evidence to convict Mrs. Wright of murdering her husband

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    For example many people think women are sensitive and innocent due to their femininity. Meanwhile men are expected to be tough and provide for their wives. Over time however these standards are slowly changing and become less relevant. In Trifles by Susan Glaspell the husband John Wright is found murdered in his bed. The first and only suspect is his wife. There are many reasons why she looks guilty. For instance she is in the bed when he is strangled and said she did not wake up. Also little clues

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    Lee Rodrik October 16‚ 2012 ENG 102 Mr. Pennington In the play Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell‚ the central theme of the play are the social and psychological differences between the men and the women. The male characters has a chauvinistic attitude towards women‚ while the women are more understanding and perceptive than the men in terms of trying to solve the crime. It is because of the men’s attitudes that led them to fail in seeing the truth of Mr. Wright’s murder. Their attitudes were blatantly

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    “I heard she used to wear pretty clothes and be lively when she was Minnie Foster‚ one of those town girls singing in the choir” (1309) said the Wright’s neighbor‚ Mrs. Hale to Mrs. Peters‚ the sheriff’s wife. Susan Glaspell wrote the play‚ Trifles‚ which was published in 1916. This play is about a murder committed in a farmhouse in the Midwest‚ focusing on the meaning of Minnie Wright’s life and reasons behind killing her husband. The different assumptions and perceptions of the men and women in

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    Glaspell & “Trifles” Those who are oppressed seek expression; those who are trapped seek freedom. The human spirit rebels against dominance‚ propelling those affected into action. The short dramatic play‚ “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell‚ showcases the oppression of American women by a male-dominated society during the late 1800s. As the title of the play suggests‚ the concerns of women are often considered to be mere trifles‚ unimportant issues that bear little or no importance to the true work of

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    In Susan Glaspell’s‚“Trifles‚” Mrs. Peters is the round character. While being a supportive sheriff’s wife‚ Mrs.Peters would follow all the guideline set in place for her. Such as what to say and what to do to be an honorable female in a society the is ruled by men. In the play the men would make careless remarks that were meant to dishonor the women. For example‚ when they show concert for Mrs. Wright’s preserves because they might have frozen‚ Mr. Hale relates women’s chores to “trifles”. While

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    The short story Trifles written by Susan Glaspell is a story regarding the investigation of the murder of John Wright by his wife‚ Mrs. Wright. Mrs. Hale is the wife of Mr. Hale‚ one of the men investigating the murder‚ and the neighbor of the Wrights. While the men investigate around the farmhouse looking for clues to prove Mrs. Wright was guilty‚ Mrs. Hale is downstairs with Mrs. Peters discovering their own evidence in the mishaps of Mrs. Wrights cleaning and sewing. Mrs. Hale begins to reminisce

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    Murderer: Anangnorisis and Dianoia in Trifles The play Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell and written in 1916‚ is set in a time period when women were contained to the limits in which their gender role was of use in a patriarchal society. Housewives were often isolated within the domestic sphere and degraded to being merely characters of superficial and physical value. As a result‚ women were often divided amongst each other. The treatment of anagnorisis and dianoia in Trifles reflects the ways in which the

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