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 show that women should be more rebellious in a male-dominated society....

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• Grade Level: High School

(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. ... He killed that, too" (Glaspell 1.1.124). ... "(Glaspell 1.1.136). ...

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Henry's "A Municipal Report" contains little more than simple elements of entertainment while Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" attempts to reveal certain truths about life. ... Unlike "A Municipal Report", Glaspell, in "A Jury of Her Peers", strives to communicate more then mere entertainment through round, believable characters. ... In "A Jury of Her Peers", Glaspell takes the time to make sure the characters are developed and relatable. ... Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers", attempts to reveal certain truths about aspects of human life and succeeds in doing so. ...

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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. ... (Glaspell 301). ... Wright's ruined jam (Glaspell 300). ... Susan Glaspell, nonchalantly attempted to overcome the stereotype in "A Jury of Her Peers." ...

• Word Count: 1653
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• Has Bibliography
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The second novel we read that showed literary merit was, Trifles by Susan Glaspell (1876-1948). ... 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 happens. ... " (Glaspell 1312) Also it does not just conform to the expec...

• Word Count: 1594
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• Has Bibliography
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Susan Glaspell was born in Davenport, Iowa in 1876. After graduating high school, she started writing professionally, for a local newspaper. In 1901, she began her career as a fiction writer. Her fiction works were romantic stories set in the Midwest, and she was published in several popular mag...

• Word Count: 2006
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The Author Susan Glaspell shows an obvious stereotypical attitude by men towards women in her story, A Jury of Her Peers. ... (Glaspell Pg. 74) Mrs. ... (Glaspell Pg. 72) She most likely got upset due to something that her husband had done, and she got riled up and was rough with the bird cage. ... (Glaspell Pg. 73) After raging on the cage for while she probably fanaticized about killing Mr. ...

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Women Trapped By Their Gender Roles Susan Glaspell's Trifles and Sophie Treadwell's Machinal each offer their readers examples of women who feel trapped by their gender roles. ... Wright (Glaspell 20). ... "Well, women are used to worrying over trifles" (Glaspell 19). ... (Glaspell 22) The two women then proceed to speculate on why Mrs. ...

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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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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. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, rest...

• Word Count: 561
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Trifles, written in the early 1900's by Susan Glaspell, is a one-act play illustrating how women can overreact to their own emotions, allowing these emotions to cloud their judgment. This is shown by describing the feelings of two women who are willing to defend a suspect, blame the victim, and go s...

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Trifle: something of little value, substance, or importance. In the short play "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell this is what the men accuse the women of "constantly worrying over". This play is set in the early 1900's and is about the murder of a man and trying to find clues as to why he was mur...

• Word Count: 676
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• Grade Level: High School

They say a person is innocent until proven guilty in the United States, but sometimes the opposite is true, as is the case in the play Trifles, by Susan Glaspell. The men speculate that the murder suspect, Mrs. Wright, is a looney housewife before they even thoroughly investigate the crime scene. Th...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Death in Marriage In Susan Glaspells" play Trifles although we never actually see Mrs. Wright we learn a lot about her self character. The play has a very underlying subplot of Mrs. Wrights" character change after marriage. We see how she acts and feels once life has stolen her true inhibitio...

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Women in Society: Then and Now Women in any society, no matter what the time period, have never been viewed as complete equals. Women did not get to make many of their own choices and a majority of the time; there life was mainly mapped out for them prior to adulthood. However, some readings and ...

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TRIFLES In an investigation men and women handle things very differently and have different views of what really happened. Men underestimate women all the time in today's society. Men believe that women cannot do a "man's job." Men believe that a women cannot do any job better then them. In thi...

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Yesterday's Women of today have come a long way since the periods in the drama "Trifles" written by Susan Glaspell, and short story " The Yellow Wallpaper" written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. ...

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• Grade Level: High School