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  • Essay / My Thoughts on “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell – 1236

    The first reading I enjoyed was “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell. The main character of the dish is a sheriff, his wife, the county attorney, and Mr. and Mrs. Hale. The opening scene shows them all in John Wright's kitchen. Mr. Hale tells the sheriff and the lawyer how he visited the house the day before and that Mrs. Wright greeted him, but his behavior was hardly suspicious. She told him her husband was dead upstairs. She says she was sleeping when someone choked her husband to death. All the men suspect that she is the murderer. As the men search the house for evidence, they criticize Mrs. Wright's housekeeping skills, which really irritates Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter, the sheriff's wife. As the men continue to look around the house, they miss the bad cans of fruit and bread left in the box, a blanket she didn't finish, a half-cleaned table, and an empty birdcage . The men were preoccupied with finding scientific evidence and ended up completely missing the psychological signs that Mrs. Wright was living unhappy with Mr. Wright's cold attitude. I enjoyed this reading of this play because the men in the play were typical men. They claim they are the most important creatures on Earth. They act as if they are Sherlock Holmes himself when in reality they are not as vigilant as the female characters. Their high-powered attitude made the women feel inferior, and because of this shared feeling, they formed a bond between the three of them. Through this connection, they decided to keep the evidence they found and Mrs. Wright's secret to themselves. By taking the box with the dead bird, they were demonstrating their gender loyalty and an act of rebellion against self-righteous male domination...... middle of paper ......vile War. Excellent work, Professor Bracewell! Works Cited Cheever, John, The Wrysons,. " American Literature Since the Civil War. Create Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2011. 318-323. e-Book. Glaspell, Susan, Trifles. " American Literature Since the Civil War. Create an edition. McGraw-Hill, 2011. 166-176. e-Book.Hughes, Langston, The Negro Speaks of Rivers. " American Literature Since the Civil War. Create Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2011. 222-224. e-Book. Oates, Joyce Carol Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? " American Literature Since the Civil War. Create an edition. McGraw-Hill, 2011. 333-344. Electronic book. O'Neill, Eugene, The Hairy Monkey. " American Literature Since the Civil War. Create Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2011. 180-209. e-Book..Roethke, Theodore, “My Papa's Waltz " American Literature Since the Civil War. Create an edition. McGraw-Hill, 2011. 308-309. eBook.