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...

• Word Count: 550
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1347
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In 1916, Susan Glaspell wrote the one-act play Trifles. was originally written by Susan Glaspell as a play entitled Trifles. ... Glaspell was inspired to write the story while covering a murder investigation when she worked as a journalist for the Des Moines Daily News (qtd. in Annenberg). ... Peters discover Minnie's motive by paying close attention to what the men consider "trifles", or the insignificant matters of women. ...

• Word Count: 1498
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Although there is more symbolic imagery in Trifles and more symbolic action in Antigone, both plays use symbolism to emphasize the theme of women struggling against the conventions of their times. In Trifles by Susan Glaspell the use of symbolism is made readily apparent to its reader. ... Looking at Antigone the symbolism is not as readily apparent as that found in Trifles. ...

• Word Count: 883
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Author Susan Glaspell was ahead of her time as she blurred the lines of traditional definitions, particularly of marriage and women's roles in society, in the early twentieth century. Based on her play Trifles, Glaspell's short story A Jury of Her Peers illustrates how men and women viewing the same set of circumstances will look at objects differently. ...

• Word Count: 1195
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School