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Trifles By Susan Glaspell Research Paper

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Trifles a one-act play by Susan Glaspell was one of the first examples of American feminist drama. The basis of the play surrounded two farmwives who protested the male chauvinistic characters by concealing evidence from a murder. The theme of the play was quite frank, in fact, Glaspell made the feminism so apparent that anyone could figure it out. Even the title, Trifles, foreshadowed the sexism—basically, the men viewed the women to be unintelligent and incompetent; however, the ladies’ unofficial investigation turned out to be successful while the men’s official investigation did not. This was Glaspell’s way of utilizing irony—trifles by definition means, “treat (someone or something) without seriousness or respect.” and the men did not
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