Gender Discrimination In Susan Glaspell's Trifles

The short dramatic play “Trifles,” by Susan Glaspell tells the story about the persecution of American women dominated by the men during the 20th century. Glaspell uses gender discrimination, setting to disclose the prejudice of the society and the solidarity of men that rebellion motives. “Trifles” also discusses investigation, law, duty, justice and judgment. It takes place in a farmhouse to investigate a real murder case. The male characters of the story carry on their official investigation for the murder of Mr. Wright while the female characters sustain their unofficial investigation which is not justified. The men of the town who are in charge of investigating the crime are unable to solve the murder of mystery through law and criminal

Gender is such a familiar part of our daily life that it usually takes a well-planned interruption of how women and men are supposed to act in order to pay attention to how it is generated. In our social point of view, man role has been to take care of his family and children. The housework is usually the basis of the woman’s role. In the play “Trifles,” women were ignorant and lack respect for the men. Men superiority extents are the men in the story feel comfortable with disparaging Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale’s interest in trifles with the clear synthesis that women are so impulsive and in generous about the significant issue such as Mrs. Wright’s farmhouse investigation at hand. In addition, when the male follows the repellent condition of the kitchen, they instantly execute that the women must be distracted from Mrs. Wright’s homemaking abilities because they all know Mr. John Wright as a good and dutiful man. From that reason, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale can help Mrs. Wright if they hide the evidence. In the play the County Attorney mentioned, “And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?” (776). In this statement, the Attorney makes a sexist remark. This remark makes Mrs. Hale angry and she responds by standing up for Mrs. Wright. This shows the women’s value and how they care and stand up for their fellow women. The men see women as

During the 20th century, women role is to be an obedient and modest wife. Their main duty is to serve and live for family. So the play of “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, men feel that women can’t do any harm to their investigation work but women find evidence that men were looking for. Mrs. Wright was convicted of a crime that she killed her husband, it was real that she was a woman. So the women 's decision was justified because they were not treated fairly, or because they knew that Mrs. Wright would not be treated fairly in court. However, women were not only suffrage for their justice but also they were breaking the law by protecting their fellow woman. As a result, the men never found any evidence or clues necessary to solve the case. The women’s decision to withhold evidence from the men was not justified. Repressed portions of society must force the injustice and