The North American writer Susan Glaspell, in her short story "A Jury of Her Peers", tells about the female characters' situation involved in the resolution of John Wright's death, John is the husband of one of the female characters in the story. ... In her short story "A Jury of Her Peers", Susan Glaspell exposes how women are treated in a patriarchal society through men´s actions. ... Hale's husband, with good-natured superiority, "women are used to worrying over trifles" [CITATION Sus p 44 l 5130 ]. ... According to Susan Glaspell's story, women...

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In Susan Glaspell's Trifles, published during 1916, she uses Mrs. ... Therefore, Glaspell uses Mrs. Wright to show the inequality women face in that society Susan Glaspell is an American writer who was born in 1876 and she graduated from University of Chicago. ... Trifles later shows that Mrs. ... Trifles reveals many of Mrs. ...

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"Trifles," by Susan Glaspell, is about a murder investigation of a man who supposedly was murdered by his wife. ... "She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively, when she was one of the town girls singing in the choir"" (Glaspell, 1129). ... During the time when the play "Trifles," by Susan Glaspell was made women all across America where breaking society's restrictions and making history. In the year of 1919, which is two years after Trifles was written, The League of women voters is founded. ... If Trifles was made ten years later than it originally was written the roles of Mrs. ...

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Essential Elements Playing an important role in the progression of American drama, Susan Glaspell bravely exhibited innovative style and modern feminist ideals in her works. ... In her play, Trifles, Susan Glaspell captures her audience with a main character, Minnie Wright, who never appears on stage, and she exhibits the unspeakable power of women that has not surfaced within the social expectations of the era. ... In Glaspell's "Trifles,"" she cleverly utilizes the affects of loneliness and isolation, and strongly illustrates the social differences between sexes. ... How "she ...

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"Trifles," a one-act play by Susan Glaspell, is a simple story of little things. Trifles are defined as "things of little value or importance." ... In a work told of women who were capable of no more than simple trifles, it was those same trifles that helped them solve the murder mystery of John Wright. ... Hale in Trifles also shows support for this notion. ... Glaspell's message was clear. ...

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Susan Glaspell was born in 1882 and raised in Davenport, Iowa. ... Dramatist Susan Glaspell wrote at a time when the boundaries between the private and public spheres were beginning to break down. ... Glaspell's play, Trifles, falls among the many shades of gray in this interface of perceptions, not only because of its context and content, but also because of the critical reaction to the play. ... Many writers, like Susan Keating Glaspell, deconstruct gender roles by giving female characters knowledge that empowers them within the women's sphere. ... Lawrence and Susan Glaspell bot...

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Trifles is an interesting play about the emotional breakdown of a country woman in the early 1900's. Susan Glaspell in Trifles explores the repression of women. ... They ridiculed the women in the house by putting them in their place.(985) While the men were busy upstairs finding a motive, it was the women who discovered the canary's body and the cage.(984) Susan Glaspell, writer of Trifles gives credibility to this conclusion in time following stating in no way could these women allow themselves to be mocked (985). ... Wright was to do with the qui...

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In Susan Glaspell's "Trifles," the women are treated as if they are inferior. ... She worried about it when it turned so cold (Glaspell 876.)" ... Held for murder and worryin" about her preserves (Glaspell 877.)" ... (Glaspell 879 )" The sheriff says sarcastically, " They wonder if she was going to quilt in or just knot it (Glaspell 879.)" ... The sheriff says, "Nothing here but kitchen things (Glaspell 876.)" ...

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One main similarity between the two plays A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, and Trifles, by Susan Glaspell, is that the women are treated like they are incompetent. ... In Trifles, Mr. ... One example is in Trifles, where the sheriff's wife and Mrs. ... The men in charge of the investigation often make fun of them about worrying about the small things, the trifles, but the whole time, they are just covering up what they have figured out without the men. ...

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(Glaspell 1.1.136). ... Sylvia Plath and Susan Glaspell are prime examples of women who bucked society's expectations and entered into - and succeeded in - predominantly male careers. ... Wright, the protagonist in Susan Glaspell's one-act play, "Trifles," is a woman accused of killing her husband for reasons unknown to the men in her town; but the women in town are aware of the crime that she has committed. ... In "Trifles,"" Mrs. ... In "Trifles," Mrs. ...

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The play "Trifles," by Susan Glaspell shows how a man's perspective is completely different from a woman's. ... Hale says, "Well, women are used to worrying over trifles " (Glaspell 1412). ... Peters responds by saying, "We think she was going to knot it" " (Glaspell 1418). ... Henderson"" (Glaspell 1420). ... "Ah, loyal to your sex, I see. " says the County Attorney" (Glaspell 1413)....

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Though men and women are now recognized as equal in intelligence, when Susan Glaspell wrote "Trifles" and "A Jury of Her Peers" in 1916, it was not so. ... In Glaspell's story, ironic situations contrast male and female intuition, illustrating that Minnie Wright is more fairly judged by "a jury of her peers." "Trifles" illustrates the contrasting intuitions when the men go looking for clues to the murder of John Wright, but it is the women who find them. ... The women, "used to worrying over trifles" (1326), attach importance to the mundane, looking around the kitchen, they see many ex...

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Worrying over Trifles In Susan Glaspell's Trifles, she without a doubt challenges the morals, beliefs, and values of her audience. ... Glaspell, through Lewis Hale's character, gives a passive statement that confirms early judgment of women: "Well, women are used to worrying over trifles" (1240). ... Well, women are used to worrying over trifles. ... Susan Glaspell's murder mystery shocked audiences with the insubordination of Mrs. ... Wright is relieved from her misery, even though Glaspell never directly states the two women's opinions on the murder. ...

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Susan Glaspell was born in Davenport, Iowa in 1876. ... Glaspell died in 1948, having published many stories, plays, and novels. ... Her play, Trifles, is an example. ... Trifles is a whodunit type of murder mystery. ... Glaspell's description sums it all up: "Their eyes meet. ...

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Susan Glaspell's play "Trifles- highlights the unequal status of men and women that existed in the early 20th century. ... No telling; you women might come upon a clue to the motive "and that's the thing we need- (Glaspell 5). ... - (Glaspell 5). ... They support the claim of the thesis that Glaspell used dialogue to show misunderstanding between the men and women. ... With each moment, the men move further from the womanly "trifles" that would implicate Mrs. ...

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As we read Trifles, women begin a rebellion against a male-dominated society. ... In this play written by Susan Glaspell, the plot, the actions of various characters, and the dialogue communicate the author's disapproval of gender-role stereotypes. ... By this, one can see that Glaspell disapproves of gender stereotypes. ... By the way women are depicted in this story through the actions of various characters and the dialogue, Glaspell states that one should not judge people based on their gender. ... In writing this play, Glaspell changes the concept of gender-role stereotypes to sh...

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Readings such as Trifles, by Susan Glaspell, puts a more realistic view on the nature of how women, in the past, lived their lives and were seen in society. ... In Trifles, Mrs. ... The things that she did in her daily routine were never appreciated and were considered 'trifles'. ... In comparison to Trifles, women did household duties, took care of children, and lived their life for their husband. In contrast to Trifles, A Midsummer Night's Dream had the ones who actually wanted to be together, actually be together. ...

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The second novel we read that showed literary merit was, Trifles by Susan Glaspell (1876-1948). ... Unknowingly to the sheriff these trifle things are evidence that Mrs. ... The play Trifles by Susan Glaspell has many ways that it presents literary merit. ... Wright has been worried and while the investigation is underway it is said that, "Well, women are used to worrying over trifles" (Glaspell 1314). ... The message that is being told by Glaspell is that sometimes it's the "trifle" things in life that leave us the biggest clues about what really goes on and what happ...

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Symbolism plays a major part in the play "Trifles.... Wright's husband was murdered by a slipping rope around his neck (Glaspell, 1929). ... Glaspell (1919) mentions the character Mrs. ... Wright loved her bird as she was going to bury it in a pretty box (Glaspell, 1935). ... Therefore, the multitudes of symbolic elements take over the play "Trifles....

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Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell, is the unique perspectives of the two different genders on the same issue. As suggested by its title, the central theme of Trifles is that things dismissed by some as trivial and insignificant ("trifles") often are very important. ...

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A Wife and a Woman: A Critical essay of Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers." ... Susan Glaspell's, "A Jury of Her Peers," challenges this classic stereotype of what is expected of a wife and woman. ... "Women are used to worrying about trifles," comments Mr. ... Wright based on "trifles" show true intelligence. ... Susan Glaspell, nonchalantly attempted to overcome the stereotype in "A Jury of Her Peers." ...

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At the beginning of the twentieth century people's lifestyles were far different from the lives we live today. The early 1900's was a time of hardship and struggles. This is especially true for the people of rural America. Both men and women must work long hours everyday just to put food on the ...

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In John Patrick Shanley's theatrical drama, "Doubt," and Susan Glaspell's "Trifles," two main characters are accused of very serious crimes. ... A depressed housewife named Minnie Foster is charged with the murder of her husband in Trifles. ... He was what I thought he was, and now he's gone. " Trifles by Susan Glaspell takes place in Iowa during 1916. ... In both Doubt and Trifles both characters can be looked at as guilty in innocent. ...

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Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and Susan Glaspell's "Trifles" are two dramas that focus on women, specifically as wives, and the roles that they are expected to take in their homes and society. ... Hale, from "Trifles" have many similarities in the two plays. ... Hale patronizes them, by considering what women focus the majority of their attention on as nothing more than "trifles" (1156). ... The wives, however, realizes how significant their "Trifles" are. ... Wright, was only mentioned in Trifles, one can assume that she went ...

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Hales statement "women used to worry over trifles," seems to be old fashion. ... The Author Susan Glaspell shows an obvious stereotypical attitude by men towards women in her story, A Jury of Her Peers. ... At this point the women should be more concerned with bigger things than trifles, because Mrs. ... (Glaspell Pg. 74) Mrs. ... (Glaspell Pg. 73) After raging on the cage for while she probably fanaticized about killing Mr. ...

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