Essays on Trifles

Feminist criticism examines whether the political, economic, social and psychological oppression of women have been enhanced or undermined. Based on the play “Trifles” written by Susan Glaspell, she had criticised the treatment of women in the patriarchal society as one of the earliest feminist critics…

In Susan Glaspell’s short play Trifles, the reader is met with the ongoing case of John Wright’s murder. One moral that the play depicts is that women and men see things differently. According to the male characters, the women only care about issues that have…

Scholars have argued many things about the different point and approaches on “Trifles” by Susan Glaspsell. Different critics have had personal experiences, expressed the gender roles, and shown different motives Mrs. Wright and the other women had throughout the story. The play begins with the…

A Raisin in the Sun Of the major characters in A Raisin in the Sun (Beneatha, Walter Lee, Mama, Ruth), choose one which you would consider to be a protagonist and which to be an antagonist and explain why. Given the variety of interactions exhibited…

Women’s right was not taken seriously in the United State in the nineteenth century. There were not many important roles for females in literature and plays at that time. Until the early twentieth century, several prominent female literary figures appeared. The female characters in “Trifles”…

How often are the small details overlooked? When will it be realized that these, supposed, insignificant things always build up to a climactic explosion? A weed in the garden, overlooked, grows to choke out the flowers, and a drop of poison kills. Perhaps, Susan Glaspell,…

Patriarchal Dominance in Glaspell’s Trifles A notable number of literature works in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century focused on the concept of gender equality and role of women in what was apparent patriarchal society. On of such literature works is Trifles by Susan…

People within society are constantly alienated from not only their own lives, but themselves, and they forget their significance as an individual. There are contradictory moments that come along that allow the person to realize the strength that is lying within them, that allow them…