Women As Seen In Susan Glaspell's Trifles

Women as Seen in Trifles

There were a lot of outstanding female literary figures that saw emergence during the 19th century. One of the many women writers that became known was Susan Glaspell. Glaspell’s works saw her struggle with arguments such as gender and differences and other related concerns, thus making it as one of the 19th century’s legacy. In the middle of an artistic revival and renaissance, Glaspell together with her beloved husband, George Cook, started to write about the issues they were seeing. But in 1915, she started writing the Provincetown Players and saw the involvement of other female writers like Kate Chopin and Fanny Fern to the making of one-act play, the Trifles. (Gionia & Kennedy, 69)

Susan Glaspell’s life is an image of a 19th century woman, grew in the color tradition of gender, which basically changed her perspective in life right after her marriage to Cook. But when her husband

The play undoubtedly showed that she was helpless in defending herself and is instead, safeguarded through the exposure of her situation. Susan Glaspell’s Trifles tells the audience that women should not be regarded as lesser individuals – less intelligent or less able. Further, that if women are being silenced and deprived, it will lead to revolution, revolt and revenge.

Throughout the Trifles play, dominance of men is obvious. While women were recognized with modest voices compared to louder men. An instance that illustrates the dominance of men is when Mr. Henderson interacts with Mrs. Hale. He asked for the details of Mrs. Hale’s relationship with the Wrights. While Mrs. Hale meekly answered him and gave details, Mr. Henderson immediately cut her speaking and demands a brief answer. Yet another scenario evidently showed domination of men is when men made fun of the quilt constructed by Mrs.