Susan Glaspell's The Trifles Of Men And Women
The Trifles of Men and Women
“Trifles” is a classic tale of patriarchal society in which women are in the home and men deal with the out of home issues. Things dealing with the home are “Trifles” according the 1917 play by Susan Glaspell. In her play she demonstrates how, in her society, people are changed by marriage, especially women, and how man and women find different things important.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wright had a seemingly healthy relationship to the public, however, their marriage had negative impacts behind closed doors. John was considered a “good man”(1374) yet he was controlling in all manners inside the home. This includes everything from how Mrs. Wright kept house to her personality. John controlled the money very tightly, so …show more content…
Hale, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Henderson are accompanied by Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, focused more on the big picture than the little details. These men walked into the Wright household and only noticed it was a complete mess and dismissed the small details. They assume all the small details are “trifles”. Trifles are things of little value or importance. As most of us are aware, the big picture is made of little details. One example, the entire house can be a mess, but it's usually all the small messes that turn the whole house into a mess. In this story the male characters focus on the whole picture and skip over the little trifles, which causes them to skip over the little things that the women pay close attention to. These little details having bread set to rise, a table half cleaned, her preserve jars broken except for one, and most importantly, whether she’s going to “quilt it or knot it”(1375) when speaking about the quilt. It was the little details mixed with one of the Mrs. Hale previously knowing Mrs. Wright before she was married and they were able to piece everything together and figure out who killed Mr. Wright, however, the men dismissed the insignificant trifles and missed the solution of the
“Trifles” is a classic tale of patriarchal society in which women are in the home and men deal with the out of home issues. Things dealing with the home are “Trifles” according the 1917 play by Susan Glaspell. In her play she demonstrates how, in her society, people are changed by marriage, especially women, and how man and women find different things important.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wright had a seemingly healthy relationship to the public, however, their marriage had negative impacts behind closed doors. John was considered a “good man”(1374) yet he was controlling in all manners inside the home. This includes everything from how Mrs. Wright kept house to her personality. John controlled the money very tightly, so …show more content…
Hale, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Henderson are accompanied by Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, focused more on the big picture than the little details. These men walked into the Wright household and only noticed it was a complete mess and dismissed the small details. They assume all the small details are “trifles”. Trifles are things of little value or importance. As most of us are aware, the big picture is made of little details. One example, the entire house can be a mess, but it's usually all the small messes that turn the whole house into a mess. In this story the male characters focus on the whole picture and skip over the little trifles, which causes them to skip over the little things that the women pay close attention to. These little details having bread set to rise, a table half cleaned, her preserve jars broken except for one, and most importantly, whether she’s going to “quilt it or knot it”(1375) when speaking about the quilt. It was the little details mixed with one of the Mrs. Hale previously knowing Mrs. Wright before she was married and they were able to piece everything together and figure out who killed Mr. Wright, however, the men dismissed the insignificant trifles and missed the solution of the