The Damage Of Oppressing Women

    As a strong feminist, Susan Glaspell wrote “Trifles” and then translated it to a story called “A Jury of Her Peers.”  These works express Glaspell’s view of the way women were treated at the turn of the century.  Even though Glaspell is an acclaimed feminist, her story does not contain the traditional feminist views of equal rights for both sexes.

“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell is situated in 1916 and is a one act play which incorporates essential components of what the women’s rights movement was about. After moving on from Iowa’s Drake University in 1899, Glaspell commenced her writing vocation of composing short stories and books. The play from Glaspell recounts the story of a homicide mystery involving the married couple of Mrs. Wright (Minnie) and her spouse, the murder victim, John Wright; this story also incorporates the outlook of society towards women being viewed as beneath men. “Trifles” demonstrates the unfair mentality regularly acknowledged among men towards women in 1916. In addition, it showcases the big role comradery plays for women in becoming equal represented

The play ?Trifles?, by Susan Glaspell , is an examination of the different levels of early 1900?s mid-western farming society?s attitudes towards women and equality. The obvious theme in this story is men discounting women?s intelligence and their ability to play a man?s role, as detectives, in the story. A less apparent theme is the empathy the women in the plot find for each other. Looking at the play from this perspective we see a distinct set of characters, a plot, and a final act of sacrifice.

In the 19th Century, women had different roles and treated differently compared to today’s women in American society. In the past, men expected women to carry out the duties of a homemaker, which consisted of cleaning and cooking. In earlier years, men did not allow women to have opinions or carry on a job outside of the household. As today’s societies, women leave the house to carry on jobs that allow them to speak their minds and carry on roles that men carried out in earlier years. In the 19th Century, men stereotyped women to be insignificant, not think with their minds about issues outside of the kitchen or home. In the play Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell, the writer portrays how women in earlier years have no rights and men

The reactions in Trifles reveal to the reader how heavily defined gender roles were in the early twentieth century. The two genders quickly form separate bonds with one another in this play. The men of this time dominate every aspect of this story. They make sarcastic jokes at the women when they start to show concern about things that appeared out of the norm in Mrs. Wright’s house. The first thing they noticed is the broken can goods when the Sheriff says, “Well, you can beat the women! Held for murder and worryin’ about her preserves” (Glaspell 1245). This tone of voice reveals how the men did not take the women seriously. They laugh at the women’s idea of trifles but as Phyllis writes, it is “their attentiveness to the "trifles" in her life, the kitchen things considered insignificant by the men, the two women piece together, like patches in a quilt, the

"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. The women stand together away from the men, which immediately puts the men against the women. Mrs. Hale?s and Mrs. Peters?s treatment from the men in the play is reflective of the beliefs of that time. These women, aware of

In today’s society, we generally view upon everyone as equal; however this view did not exist for decades. Throughout history, there were many instances showing that men dominated women and women were often seen as left with less important or treated as an inferior being. Women were often expected to be good mothers to their children as well as caretakers to their husband. After reading the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, I was able to grasp the important facts about social views of women and their domestic roles. Glaspell’s play depicts the gender inequality which exists in the society, drawing significant attention to the societal values of women at that time. Although women’s roles are treated as unimportant, she depicts women’s

In the early 1900´s women did not have the same rights as men and are not respected as much as men either. Women did not get their voting rights till 1920, four years after the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell. In the play women are suppressed by men and society, Mrs.Hale and Mrs.Peters prove that women are not constrained by society's rules and are in fact, the most astute characters in *Susan Glaspell’s play “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. The women stand together away from the men, which immediately puts the men against the women. Mrs. Hale's and Mrs. Peters's treatment from the men in the play is reflective of the beliefs of that time. These women, aware of the powerless slot

In Trifles, the women are portrayed as housewives, responsible for bearing children, and keeping the house. Throughout the play, the attorney made several comments insinuating that Mrs. Wright wasn’t keeping up with her womanly duties. He stated “here is a mess, dirty towels! Not much of a housekeeper would you say, ladies” (Glaspell 1109-1110)? The men are viewed as head of the house and of the woman. The women’s input and ideas are often overlooked and they have no say in the final decisions. Before her marriage, Mrs. Wright was described as a nice and pretty, but a bit shy and nervous. But that changed greatly after her wedding day. Her spirit was reduced to nothing. She spent her days focusing on her quilts, preserves, and caring for her canary. She didn’t receive any type of appreciation for her hard work. After the death of her beloved canary at the hands of her husband, she lost control of her emotions and killed him. Her

Susan Glaspell’s play, “Trifles,” is an ominous glance into the vastly differing perceptions between the lives of men and women. In the play, there are several objects found in Mrs. Wright’s kitchen that point to the differences between what men and women find important, among which are dirty towels, a quilt that hasn’t been completed, and an empty bird cage. One of the first objects that the county attorney notes is that the towels are very dirty, commenting that Mrs. Wright obviously was not much of a house keeper. Mrs. Hale remarks that men’s hands are not always clean and they get dirty from men using them. The women find a quilt Mrs. Wright was working on and marvel at the fabric and wonder at its finishing, which the men laugh at in a

The different attitudes towards trifles in this story play a key role in enhancing Glaspell’s theme of feminism and the recognition of women’s efforts. The various objects and occurrences that become key pieces of evidence in Minnie’s conviction are picked up immediately by the women, yet brushed off as “trifles” by the men. When the women find the burst jar of preserves in the pantry and the sloppy, unfinished quilt, they question whether or not Minnie had her wits about her and was focused on the tasks at hand. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale both understand the importance that society has put on women taking care of the home and fully empathize with Minnie. In contrast, the men belittle this trifles and even go as far as insulting and laughing

“Trifles” a play by Susan Glaspell, emphasizes the thought that women were kept in their homes and their contributions to the home and family went unappreciated and unnoticed. The play gives readers a view of how women were view and treated during the 1900’s. As a female analyzing the play, Mrs. Wright’s motive for killing Mr. Wright was quite clear. Susan Glaspell gives her readers a feminist approach, to demonstrate how Mrs. Wright’s murdering of her husband is justified.

In the late nineteenth century, America was considered as a patriarchal society. Where males had all control and women worked as their slave. Women were to support all decisions, cook, clean, conceive children, teach, and remain silent. Women has continuously remained a lower standard than men. Still today, womankind is assumed of as unintelligent, inadequate, weak-minded, and unimportant than males. Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, the author of “The Revolt of ‘Mother’”, and Susan Glaspell the author of Trifles, share the true meaning of women’s empowerment. The focus of the stories revolves around the