One way in which humans try to express certain morals and norms in society, often criticizing them and their misguiding and immoral nature is through literature and this can been seen clearly through Trifles by Susan Glaspell. Trifles is play that takes on women’s role in society and how they are treated as compared to their male counterparts. One idea expressed throughout the duration of the play is that during the early 20th century, many women did not have much freedom and were considered as second class citizens in a sense. Women were thought of as extensions of their husbands rather than their own persons with their own opinions and personality. A major symbol in the play, is the song bird and its cage which epitomize the concept that women like the song bird, sing to be free but the male constraints, which is the cage, prevent the song bird from living a truly fruitful and exceptional life. …show more content…
Maya states that the caged bird sings for freedom “The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own… But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.” In the play, the wright family seemed to have a typical marriage at that time, though it may not be seen as typical in today’s terms as it was extremely oppressive. Mrs. Wright truly felt that she was a captive to her husband, and perhaps in some way she was, and the only way to escape the dreadful grip of Mr. Wright, he would have to