Trifles Perception Of Traditional Women In The Early 1900s

The short story “Trifles” reviews the perception of traditional women in the early 1900s. “Trifles” tells the story of a women who managed to get away with the murder of her abusive husband. During this period she had no rights or way to stick up for herself, leaving murder as her only option to escape. As the sheriff investigated, they ruled her not guilt because she was a sound sleeper. In one scene a women pointed out that Mrs. Wright’s fruit froze the night of the murder. The sheriff said she had bigger things to worry about than preserves but it was also argued, “Well, women are used to worrying over trifles”. (Glaspell). Hale states women are used to worrying over trifles basically saying that women belong in the kitchen and need to not worry about anything else. In the end the woman was able to get away with the murder because there was no crime if there was no found evidence. The women was able to get away with this crime because she was not seen as a significant or prominent figure in society, rather that women belong in the kitchen and need to not worry about anything else. Traditional women's roles in the 1900s argue that women are simply incapable of committing a crime.

When the constitution was originally written it was primarily written for the rights of men. “They saw women as dependent on men. As a result, women had few rights”(Duchess). The men who wrote the constitution believed women to be dependent on the men whom she was married to or a daughter of, it was not believed originally that they would be independent or willing of rights. Traditionally, women were to provide care to their husbands and children. “A woman’s place was seen as being at home. She cleaned, cooked, and raised her children. Few girls received an education” (Duchess). During this time prior to women's suffrage, they played a non prominent role in