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The Real Relationship Between Men and Women In the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell, the men of the story are portrayed as completely out of touch with the women. This may be perhaps the single most important theme of the play. The gender differences set the stage for the most important event of the story, the murder. The men of the story are mainly oblivious to the steps the women make in the story. Understandably the women get to the bottom of the murder before the men do. The men acted just like Mr. Wright in the play, they were dismissive and condescending. While the men of the play rage and trample around the farmhouse searching for evidence to the murder, the women discover more clues. These clues allow the women to solve the murder. …show more content…

The women try to suggest clues about the murder and the men will not listen. The women knew to look in the kitchen and by the end the men go to look in the barn for clues (Glaspell 976). The men act as if the women are incapable of doing anything. When actually, the women possess more whit by the end of the story than the men. The men, especially Mr. Henderson seem to think it is funny to make fun of and aggravate the women about their quilting. In the play, Mr. Henderson thought that all women had to worry about was cooking and quilting and, is disapproving of that. He thought it was amusing that it was a struggle for the women to decide what technique to use for the quilt Mrs. Wright made (Glaspell 977). Mr. Henderson also goes on to overlook the little, but noteworthy, clues that tell the real murder he has been looking for the whole play. But most importantly, he dismisses the mess in the kitchen as the result of shoddy housekeeping. In this play, that is not the real reason for the messy kitchen …show more content…

Minnie was a beautiful girl who use to sing in the choir and was loved by ever boy of the town before she got married. After the marriage she quit signing and her appearance declined drastically. Minnie liked nice things and when the other women went to look for some of her clothes to pack for her all she had were rags (Glaspell 972). The other wives also found the dead bird that belonged to Minnie and suspected Mr. Wright had killed it. All the women then knew why Minnie had killed her husband and were beginning to be very sympathetic towards her. They all comforted her and covered up all the evidence they found in the house (Glaspell 973). Minnie nor the other wives are suited for the farm life. Minnie left feeling loveless by her late husband. When Mr. Wright killed the only joy she had in her life, the bird Minnie lost it and then plotted her revenge

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