Comparing Women In Trifles And Pomp And Circumstance

In today’s society, both men and women are able to hold the same social position, but that wasn’t always the case. In the 19th century a woman’s social status would solely depend on her husband’s status and if she wasn’t married it would depend on her father’s position in society. A woman couldn’t own any property no matter what her status was and cater to the husband. They’re mostly there to help improve the image of a man in some cases. It was very different for men, because they were able to work outside of the home, get an education and work in politics. In their eyes women were created to obey them and they feel that way about a man who works for them and they were in a higher status .We were shown these roles in two different plays Trifles and Pomp and Circumstance.
When John wright was killed, Sheriff Peters and Mr.Hale decided to ignore their wives, when the wives tried to point out the things that Mrs.Wright hasn’t done right such as the table was half cleaned, and a dirty towel,the quilt knotting gets bad, busted jars and they also discovered the dead bird in the sewing box. The Sheriff and Mr.Hale wouldn’t have listened to them because, they considered solving a case to be a man’s job and would just laugh at them for pointing things out.. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters end up solving the case and keep the evidence from the males proving that women are as important as them but, they just failed to see