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Feminist Analysis:
Trifles
Feminist criticism is concerned with "the ways in which literature reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women"(Tyson). This school of theory looks at how our culture is inherently patriarchal andstruggles to reveal males biased writing against women. Therefore, many women roseto fight patriarchy society which gave roles to each of its members. The main roleswere: political, productive, social, and reproductive. Women were only briefly part of the social role and were mainly given the reproductive role which confined them toraising children and taking care of their households and husbands. Susan Glaspell, awriter in the early twentieth century, lived in that time. As a result, most of Glaspell‟sdrama criticizes society‟s restricting view of women. This is shown through her play“Trifles.” Glaspell adds distinct details to the play that allowed it to sympathize andspeak up for women. A feminist analysis of Glaspell‟s
"Trifles" highlights thoroughlythese details through the title, the characters, the roles, the conflict and the theme.To begin with, in any literary work, the title helps in reinforcing the work'stheme and understanding the text better. In
Trifles
, the title suggests that the play talksabout insignificant and superficial theme or action. However, the truth is far from that.As once the reader begins reading the play, he/she is impressed with the turn of theevents. In the play, the two women –
Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale- who are only brought along with the sheriff and attorney to retrieve some items for a wife –
Mrs.Wright/ Minnie foster- accused for killing her husband –
Mr. Wright, are the ones whoactually find the evidence to indict the accused. In trifles, the title is ironic as thereader sees what is silly and "trifle" to men, is the key for solving the
Feminist Analysis:
Trifles
Feminist criticism is concerned with "the ways in which literature reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women"(Tyson). This school of theory looks at how our culture is inherently patriarchal andstruggles to reveal males biased writing against women. Therefore, many women roseto fight patriarchy society which gave roles to each of its members. The main roleswere: political, productive, social, and reproductive. Women were only briefly part of the social role and were mainly given the reproductive role which confined them toraising children and taking care of their households and husbands. Susan Glaspell, awriter in the early twentieth century, lived in that time. As a result, most of Glaspell‟sdrama criticizes society‟s restricting view of women. This is shown through her play“Trifles.” Glaspell adds distinct details to the play that allowed it to sympathize andspeak up for women. A feminist analysis of Glaspell‟s
"Trifles" highlights thoroughlythese details through the title, the characters, the roles, the conflict and the theme.To begin with, in any literary work, the title helps in reinforcing the work'stheme and understanding the text better. In
Trifles
, the title suggests that the play talksabout insignificant and superficial theme or action. However, the truth is far from that.As once the reader begins reading the play, he/she is impressed with the turn of theevents. In the play, the two women –
Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale- who are only brought along with the sheriff and attorney to retrieve some items for a wife –
Mrs.Wright/ Minnie foster- accused for killing her husband –
Mr. Wright, are the ones whoactually find the evidence to indict the accused. In trifles, the title is ironic as thereader sees what is silly and "trifle" to men, is the key for solving the