scene of Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” is set in a gloomy‚ unkempt‚ and now abandoned farm house. The town sheriff‚ the county attorney‚ and Mr. Hale along with the sheriff’s wife and Mrs. Hale‚ a neighbor‚ enter through the kitchen. The men are there to investigate the death of the owner‚ Mr. Wright. The women have come along to gather some things to take to Mrs. Wright who is in jail for the murder of her husband. Susan Glaspell ties the use of exposition‚ conflict‚ and symbol together to reveal the
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that time period did not have any freedom and happiness. In the drama‚ when Mr. Peters‚ Mr. Hale‚ Mrs. Peter and Mrs. Hale enter the kitchen of the Wright household‚ their conversations and their actions show that men do not appreciate women. For example‚ County Attorney says‚ “And yet. For all their worries‚ what would we do without the ladies? Dirty towels! Not much of a housekeeper‚ would you say‚ ladies” (1228). Mrs. Hale answers “There’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm‚” (1228). County
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Glaspell‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters visit the Wright home after the murder of Mr. Wright to help look for evidence. They come across an empty bird cage and notice that Mrs. Wright once owned a song bird. The women then observe the cage and realize the door has been broken partially off of the hinge. Mrs. Hale assumes that someone was “rough with it” and suggests this to be the motive of the crime that took place. When the two women discover the dead canary wrapped up in a piece of fine silk in Mrs. Wrights
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events throughout the play. The setting of this play is the kitchen of a house which belongs to a murder suspect. The protagonists in this play are the two women that are on stage‚ Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale‚ while the antagonist of the play are the men‚ who are George Henderson (county attorney)‚ Henry (sheriff)‚ and Lewis Hale (neighboring farmer). Although this play has a plot and a storyline‚ there is a more in depth way to view and interpret the meaning of this story. This play was written in 1916
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Reflecting on the play “Triffles” Triffles is a play that I had to read and analyze multiple times. When I first received the assignment I googled a short synopsis of the play. After reading a short overview of the play. It took a few days to myself before reading the play. However by this time I had gained additional background information on the play. For instance‚ this play is roughly based upon the authentic murder investigation of John Hossack‚ who was likewise killed by his dismal spouse. Susan
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find these symbols to be very important for the understanding of Minni Wright. Already in the description of the first scene the narrator points out that the farmhouse belongs to John Wright and not to the family Wright. Not only in the description Mrs. Wright is missing. She has no word in the play itself. This shows that women had no property and no power in this society. But there is already a critique on her way of house keeping. The narrator pictures the disordered kitchen in a very detailed
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first performed‚ the developing subtext of gender issues is distanced from the conscious mind of participants through the vehicle of setting‚ which places events in the rural backcountry of the Midwest. This setting‚ in the house of one farmer’s wife‚ Mrs. Minnie Wright‚ nonetheless provides a spark that strongly kindles the cosmopolitan views recently ushered into mainstream culture by the passage of women’s suffrage into US law in 1919. The truth about male and female relationships really comes
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“Trifles”‚ she wrote this play during a time of controversial feminist issues which drew from her past and current experience events. Trifles are mostly viewed as an example of early feminist drama‚ because it shows two female characters‚ Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale‚ and their ability to sympathize with the victim’s wife‚ Minnie Foster. They understand her motives‚ which ultimately leaded them to the evidence they found against her. Glaspell demonstrated how the male assumption that the women were insignificant
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Children of Eden Critique Children of Eden‚ is a casual linear theatrical musical that I must say took my breath away. I honestly expected not to be that at awe. Children of Eden consisted of two Acts. Act I held the story of Adam and Eve and Act II held the story of Noah’s Ark. This play was held at the Laidlaw Performance Arts building at University of South Alabama. I attended the show during the open night premier. Here‚ is where I learned that my professor Karen Baker was the director and
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industries‚ laundries or various other jobs to support themselves.”. Women were treated more like an object or a servant rather than a person or spouse. One of the main characters in the play Trifles named Hale states a short simple statement that when looked into‚ states a strong opinion. Hale states to another male in the play‚ “Well‚ women are used to worrying over trifles.”. This statement shows how the men in this day thought women lacked common sense or intelligence. When trying to investigate
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