The Treatment of Women in Trifles

In the play, Trifles, women are not treated as well as the men. The play is about a woman who killed her husband because he killed her bird. “An exploration of the play reveals a fundamental difference between the women's actions and the men's, a difference grounded in varying understandings of the home space.” (Holstein) The place is then looked over by the officers to find out if she really did kill her husband, but the officers find nothing because the wives of the officers hide the dead bird

The Treatment of Women in Trifles by Susan Glaspell "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

Treatment of Women in Hamlet and Trifles Of all Shakespeare’s thirty-seven plays, perhaps the best known and loved is Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Many people think that it is unforgettable because of its poetic language and style. But, while these are factors that mark the play as a classic, it remains timeless because it explores many of the issues that are still important to people today. These issues, including loyalty to family and country, protecting loved ones, and deception are still

Significant Trifles Trifles by Susan Glaspell and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman are two bodies of work that follow specific events in women’s lives. These particular conflicts highlight the gap in treatment and understanding between men and women in the earlier twentieth century. Within both stories the authors convey the gender roles expected of them and how they are treated when they are seen as stepping out of those roles by speaking out or acting differently. Trifles shows quite

According to the Mariam-Webster Online Dictionary, the definition of trifle is something of “little value, substance, or importance,” which is the way women are seen throughout both William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily” and Susan Glaspell’s play, Trifles. Both authors have penned very different writtings; one is a short story and the other a one-act play. The style and the settings are also very different; however, the overall theme is very similar in both pieces. Both Faulkner and

Trifles by Susan Glaspell is a powerful play which is based on a 19th-century murder case. While this play is based on a true story, it also explores the topic of gender inequality. During this period women were often portrayed as inferior to men and their roles in society were meant to be jobs such as homemakers; while the important roles in society such as law enforcement positions were exclusively reserved for men. In the play Trifles, Glaspell challenges her audience to examine societies devaluing

During the early nineteenth century women had less of a voice when it came to making decisions all the decision making were usually left to the men especially in relationships. The short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell are two pieces of fictional literature that exhibit the roles of women in a marriage during the period. In the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” the reader reads about a woman who has been in a room for the summer to cure

Feminist “Trifles” The play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, was written in a period dominated by men, but the three female characters, Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Peters, and Mrs. Wright more than compensate for the lack of female representation. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters brought along to the scene of a crime, are only there to collect some items for the arrested, Mrs. Wright. While there, they not only discover what the men could not, but make the decision to politely undermine their authority and elect their

follow the demands of their husbands. While feminism began to spread rapidly in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, women still didn’t have right to vote or serve on a jury. As a result, many writers, especially woman, began to produce many pieces of literature that commented on the unfair treatment of woman. One of the highest praised feminist pieces of literature is the one act play, Trifles by Susan Glaspell written in 1916. Based loosely on a murder trial she covered in 1901, she explores the life

The play Trifles has a very dark and mysterious type of feel. The playwright is trying to convey the feeling of suspension and to provide overall entertainment. The play was successful as I found myself wanting to read more. Trifles communicates the feelings of how fragile the human mind is. It shows how someone can be changed by agitation or loss. This comes very appealing to those interested in the psychological side of humans. The playwright did an exceptional job of showing how gentle and easily