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Trifles By Susan Glaspell Compare And Contrast

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In Susan Glaspell’s short play, “Trifles”, she uses contrast between Minnie Foster and Mrs. Wright. Both of these names deal with specifically one character but were two different people. Minnie Foster is depicted as a lively and outgoing young woman who loved to sing before she got broken by years abuse. Glaspell states, “She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively, when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls singing in the choir” (Glaspell 5). This shows a representation of how she used to be before she got married to Mr. Wright. About thirty years have passed since she’s been married, and Mrs. Wright now is portrayed as a woman who has been emotionally abused to the point of becoming cold and isolated from the world. Glaspell mentions,
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