The Dramatic Play Trifles - 1099 Words

In the dramatic play, â€Å"Trifles†, Mr. Wright has been hung in his farmhouse and all suspicions point to his wife. The County Attorney, Sheriff Peters, and a neighbor, Mr. Hale go to Mr. Wright’s house to investigate the crime scene. When they arrive at the house, they find Mrs. Wright sitting on the porch and she is silent. Along with the three men there are two women, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. While the men do an investigation, the women conduct an investigation of their own. Walking through the house, both parties can see that the farmhouse has not been kept very well. There are dirty dishes and clothes scattered around and uncooked loaves of bread. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale become very nervous when start walking through house with the men. The attorney looked over the kitchen, and then dismissed it because he thought it was irrelevant to the case. Instead, he scolds Mrs. Wright for not keeping up with her household duties by saying â€Å"Not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies?† (Glaspell 1394). Mrs. Hale sticks up for Mrs. Wright claiming that maintaining a farmhouse is a lot of hard work and it cannot be done alone. Then, the County Attorney accuses of her of being loyal to her sex and assumes the Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Wright were friends. Mrs. Hale corrects him by selling him that she never says Mrs. Wright and she did not think the Wright home was a cheerful place. One thing that I noticed during this part of the play was that Mrs. Hale never said anythingShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Othello And Trifles 1106 Words   |  5 Pagesto the two plays â€Å"Trifles† and â€Å"Othello† the differences can be very noticeable. â€Å"Othello† was written by a man William Shakespeare a nd â€Å"Trifles† by a women Susan Glaspell. While Glaspell authored her play in the twentieth century, Shakespeare on the other hand penned his play in the seventeenth century. â€Å"Trifles† theme dealt with isolation whereas jealousy was the theme in â€Å"Othello†. When taking a closer look and compare the two the use of verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony are usedRead MoreTrifles : A Dramatic Examination Of Gender Role1031 Words   |  5 PagesTrifles: A Dramatic Examination of Gender Role Trifles is a dramatic one act play written by American female playwright Susan Glaspell. The play examines through the framework of a murder mystery how rigid gender role dynamics in the early 20th century not only shaped people s thinking, but blinded them from seeing what would otherwise be clear as day to someone else. During the time the play was written the women s liberation movement had yet to take place. 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Mustazza’s article may help aid readers to understand the differences between Glaspell’s two works and provide understanding as to why Glaspell may have changed the genre and form of the plot. â€Å"Trifles† is a dramatic play whereas â€Å"A Jury of Her Peers† is proseRead MoreThe Symbols Of Trifles By Minnie Wright798 Words   |  4 PagesThe title of the play refers to the concerns of the women in the play, which the men consider to be only â€Å"trifles.† This includes such things as the canning jars of fruit that Minnie Wright is concer ned about despite being held for murder, as well as the quilt and other items that Minnie asks to have brought to her at the jail. 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Thesis: In the dramatic play, ‘Trifles’, Glasbell uses irony and symbolism to show inequality in a marriage and ever growing fragile mental state which played out to be their downfall. Trifles While demeaning women and belittling their concerns are seen by most as sexist today not very many decades ago people accepted sexism and inequalityRead MoreSusan Glaspell s Trifles And A Doll House 2209 Words   |  9 Pagescharacters of the plays â€Å"Trifles† and â€Å"A Doll House†. Although both pieces are set in different eras, several similarities are evident in each reading. The authors of both plays use gender roles, symbolism, and dramatic realism to tell the story of two females, each faced with different circumstances in a masculine society. A society where women are expected to conform to the demands of men at any cost, even if it means to sacrifice their own freedom. 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The play itself was so successful that Glaspell actua lly turned it into a short story only a year later and titled that â€Å"A Jury of Her Peers.† On the surface, this move seems almost inane, or at least meaningless. What s the point of forcing a perfectly good play to adapt to a different medium? At