Susan Glaspell's Trifles

In history many women rose to fight for their social and political rights. Susan Glaspell (writer of the play ‘Trifle’) lived in the time when women were mostly part of the reproductive role which confined them to raise children and do house chores (cooking, cleaning etc.), and were briefly play the social role. Therefore, most of her writings have content that lead to occur arguments about feminism and criticizes society’s restricting view of women. A feminist analysis of Glaspell’s "Trifles" highpoints carefully these facts through the label, the characters, the parts, the conflict and the theme. The title of the play ‘Trifles’ suggests that it talks about only insignificant and superficial action, but the truth is far from that. It symbolizes the problems of isolation women faced in the fingers of a male-controlled society. The women’s voice is muzzled by the man’s catastrophe to identify her concerns as valid. When offered with a distress from a woman, instead

The first conflict is shown through the description of Mr. Wright by Mrs. Hale like he was not a very simple man. On the other hand, Minnie, his wife, was a lively and cheerful person before marriage. She is fed up with the domination Mr. Wright enforces on her and tries to save her rights. As a result, her husband tries to kill her soul and that marks in an internal fight between them. Another conflict is that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter must choose between the law or to stay loyal to their fellow woman. This and other conflicts put forward the play as an argument for feminism. Also, the main theme of this play is women’s tyranny which is stated by men’s idea of opinions of women. In the play, the men treat the women as if they are boring valueless dummies whose solitary role is to oblige them. But, as a matter of fact, Glaspell makes a feminist magnificence as she describes her female characters with such an amusing way to secretly win over male