Character Analysis Trifles - 916 Words

Attention: Gender Roles Explain what is important about the title of â€Å"Trifles.† The title of the play refers to the statement â€Å"Well, women are used to worrying over trifles.† (561) Where Mr. Peters drawing attention to the broken jars of fruit preserves. I think that Mr. Hale statement was degrading toward the two ladies. When I got farther in the play Mr. Hale changed his mind, because the two women found the minor items that the men did not find while searching for clues. Sheriff Peters, attorney Henderson, and Mr. Wright’s neighbor Mr. Hale enter a dark unorganized kitchen of the farmhouse. To find that Mr. Wright has been strangled to death with a rope around his neck. His wife is the main suspect. She told attorney Henderson that she was sleeping when someone murders her husband’s. The wives of the investigators look around the farmhouse for clues to solve his death. I learned in the play that Mrs. Wright was one time a cheerful woman. The women’s roles in society have made a major impact in the United States. Women in other countries are looked at as the housekeepers and child bearers. The play tells the audience the kitchen is a gloomy dark place. When I think of a gloomy kitchen it symbolizes depressing and unorganized space. Mrs. Wright’s kitchen tells me that she did not take care of cleaning the kitchen. Women in early 1900 s were considered as housekeepers. So, when the men saw how her kitchen was they looked down on her. The sheriff got a chair and looked onShow MoreRelatedCharacter Analysis Of Florence And Trifles And Doubts1193 Words   |  5 PagesIn the plays, Florence and Trifles and Doubts, there are many different topics that are prominent. The ones I plan on focusing on are gender roles and race roles. The gender roles in Trifles and Doubts that I shall talk about is how our main character, Mrs. Write, went over the edge in traditional women’s roles in the 1900’s. The race roles in Florence that I shall talk about is how that despite in a racist society, someone can still chase their dreams. This 1950 play by Alice Childress takes placeRead MoreCharacter Analysis Of Susan Glaspell s Trifles 1714 Words   |  7 PagesA Rose for Emily written by William Faulkner and Trifles written by Susan Glaspell loneliness, poverty and isolation consume the lives of the characters. Susan Glaspell’s play â€Å"Trifles† written in 1916. In this play the author’s talks of her preoccupation with culture- bound notions of gender and sex roles. Glaspell says women are considered trifles which mean they are not important to society which is carried out by men (Baym, p. 742). 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In general, t he play is based on the murder of a Mr. Wright, and the title of the play comes from the critique from the men of the town, who berate the women for spending time â€Å"worrying over trifles† (Glaspell 918) rather thanRead MoreA Doll s House : Henrik Ibsen962 Words   |  4 PagesDrama Analysis A Doll’s House (Henrik Ibsen) And Trifles (Susan Glaspell) In comparing both dramas, the overwhelming aspect of convergence between both is the open discussion of gender identity. Both dramas make similar points about what it means to be a woman. Modern society in both dramas is constructed with men holding power over women. This is seen in Trifles in how men like George Henderson and Mr. Hale are myopic. 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