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    influences on women in society. Susan Glaspell successfully uses settings and female characters to convey the roles of women and their oppressions in the play “Trifles”. Her play tells an ironic story of a crime being

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    than Meets the Eye “You’re convinced that there was nothing important here—nothing that would point to any motive?” (Glaspell 1128). “Nothing here but kitchen things” (Glaspell 1128). This is his greatest mistake. Little does he know that there is more to this gloomy‚ disorganized kitchen than he thinks. In fact‚ all the answers he is looking for are right in that room. In Trifles‚ the kitchen is the setting‚ where an investigation is taking place looking into the death of Mr. Wright‚ a farmer and

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    Trifles teach that perception can mislead one to erroneous thinking and give false a sense of what’s actually factual. As the play opens up you immediately realize that the men (county attorney‚ sheriff‚ and farmer) are making a business trip to figure out how Mrs. Henderson killed her husband‚ while the women (spouses of the sheriff and farmer) on the other hand tagged along to help a friend by gathering a few items that will comfort her during her imprisonment. The women actually felt as if they

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    According to Oxford English Dictionary‚ Black Feminist can be defined as a movement consisting of African American women advocating social‚ political‚ legal‚ and economic rights for women equal to those of men (Oxford English Press). Black feminism argues that sexism‚ social class oppression‚ and racism are inseparably bound together (Collins). The feminist movement has been around since the 1880s when the word “Feminism” appeared in the French language (Collins). The word found traction in Britain

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    Susan Glaspell’s short story “A Jury of Her Peers” is more effective than her play Trifles at depicting the marginalization of women. Given only the text of the stories‚ and not taking into consideration the acting in the play‚ “Jury” far surpasses Trifles in conveying how women were basically disregarded as having any insight into “manly” matters such as a murder investigation. Trifles was written in 1916 and “Jury” was written in 1917. During this time period women were thought to be lower than

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    Human Nature Assignment - Feminine Challenge Historical Context * 3 waves of Feminism 1. French Revolution * Feminism originated during this time * Feminist: Louise Michel‚ Nathalie Lemel‚ Renee Viven‚ etc. * Fraternal Society of the Sexes was founded in 1790 * Society of Revolutionary Republicans 2. Women gain the right to vote * Cultural changes after WWI * Women began replacing male workers * Flappers * Leon Blum was appointed Prime Minister

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    Desperate Times Call For Desperate Change People are capable of doing crazy things! Nora‚ in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House‚ loved her husband so much that she committed forgery just for the sake of his wellbeing. Susan Glaspell’s character in Trifles‚ Mrs. Wright‚ murders her husband after she discovers that he killed the one most precious thing to her‚ her pet bird. It was out of love that these women committed illegal crimes. Nora wanted her husband to be healthy because she loved him and knew

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    the family and participate in activities such as cooking‚ cleaning‚ quilting‚ and singing. They were often seen as inferior to men and treated as objects. In Trifles and A Doll’s House‚ the authors portrayed the stereotypical man in the time period. Both Glaspell and Ibsen write their man characters as controlling and arrogant. In Trifles‚ it is clear there is a prominent line drawn between the men and the women. In the play a murder takes place and they head to the home to try and find clues as

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    Literary Review of Susan Glaspell’s "Trifles" Susan Glaspell’s play "Trifles" is based on a true story and was written in 1916. Glaspell’s "Trifles" demonstrates the male-dominated society and how women were overlooked and had limited rights in the 19th century through symbolism. The play took place in winter in the abandoned kitchen of John Wright. Mr. Wright is a farmer and was murdered in the middle of the night as he lay asleep. The prime suspect for the crime was John Wright’s wife‚ Minnie

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    Feminist Theory Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical‚ or philosophical discourse‚ it aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women’s social roles and lived experience‚ and feminist politics in a variety of fields‚ such as anthropology and sociology‚ communication‚ psychoanalysis‚ economics‚ literary criticism‚ education‚ and philosophy. While generally providing a critique of social relations‚ much of feminist theory also focuses on analyzing gender

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