Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles”
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In Susan Glaspell's "Trifles" a woman is suspected of murdering her husband in his sleep. Minnie Wright is a lonely farmwife whose husband is austere and offers her little compassion or nurturing. When the Sheriff and County Attorney come to investigate the crime scene, with them is Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, respectively the wife of a witness, Mr. Hale, and the Sheriff, Mr. Peters. Throughout the story, Glaspell provides us with symbols that unite Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters where Minnie's fate is concerned. Knowing they all suffer from injustice and oppression living in a patriarchal society, the women create their own code of morality and conceal crucial evidence that implicates Minnie. In doing so, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters create their own brand of justice for Minnie that helps level the uneven playing field between men and women in their society. From the beginning of the story, Glaspell shows us that the men think the domestic concerns of women are trifles and that women's concerns or work is inferior that those of men. Minnie was an isolated, hardworking and underappreciated housewife. The women understand this being in the same situation, but the men do not. When he sees the exploded preserves in the kitchen, the County Attorney notes, "Here's a fine mess" (Glaspell 3). This shows he expects women to keep a mess-free home as part of their role as housewife. The women, in contrast, understand it represent
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Approximate Word count = 1043
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page)
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