Trifles
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Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles portrays relations between the sexes. Women in the play exist during an era when male superiority was the norm and seldom challenged by women. Mrs. Wright is being held for the suspected murder of her husband. The characters in the play are the Sheriff and Mrs. Peters, the Wright’s neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Hale, and the County Attorney George Henderson. Despite the dramatic intrigue of a women being charged with the murder of her husband, the play’s underlying theme revolves around the oppressed nature of women in a world men dominate. Symbolism is used effectively in Trifles to demonstrate the unequal power relations and roles between women and men of the era. The kitchen is one of the biggest
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Approximate Word count = 508
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page)
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