Trifles, A One Demonstration Play By Susan Glaspell

â€Å"Man is the highest of creatures. The woman is the most sublime of ideals. God made for man a throne for the woman an altar. The throne exalts, the altar sanctifies. Man is the brain. The woman is the heart. The brain produces the light, the heart produces the Love. Fruitful Light, Love resurrects. The man is strong by reason. The woman is invincible by tears,† (Hugo Victor). Trifles, a one demonstration play composed by Susan Glaspell, a feminist, born in Davenport, Iowa, in 1876, she â€Å"graduated at Drake University in Des Moines in June of 1899†, (Ozieblo, Barbara) and then she worked as a correspondent for the Des Moines Daily New. In 1901 she concentrated her time to write the books after quitted her job as reporter. She defied society s desires, as a woman, she opposed to latently her view to the society about the abusive treatment of women. â€Å"Trifles† is a composed play around a homicide and all the more, it is the story about the violence and the abuses against women in the 1900s. Throughout the play, three main themes have been revealed; the repression of married women, the emotional pain of a woman in the society, and the revolt of the women. The first theme Susan Glaspell exposes is the repression of women. Since the very beginning, women have been looked downward on by men. They have been viewed as people without power to defend themselves and even a type of proper. They have been hurt and physically and emotionally abused by men. Women in mid 1900 have struggledShow MoreRelatedCritical Analysis Of Trifles By Susan Glaspell1016 Words   |  5 PagesPerspective: Readers Response Criticism to â€Å"Trifles† by Susan Glaspell The play written by Susan Glaspell in 1916 is based on the murder of John Wright where the prime suspect is his spouse; Minnie Foster. â€Å"Trifles† is fixated on the investigation of the social division realized by the strict gender roles that enable the two men and women to have contending points of view on practically every issue. This is found in the way the men view the kitchen as they consider it as not having anything of significantRead MoreThe Deception of Trifles: Gender Roles in the Play by Glaspell1550 Words   |  7 Pageswith their minds about issues outside of the kitchen or home. In the play Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell, the writer portrays how women in earlier years have no rights and men treat women like dirt. Trifles is based on real life events of a murder that Susan Glaspell covered during her work as a newspaper reporter in Des Moines and the play is based off of Susan Glaspell’s earlier writing, â€Å"A Jury of Her Peers†. The pla y is about a wife of a farmer that appears to be cold and filled with silenceRead MoreGlaspell s Trifles And The Invisibility Of Women1490 Words   |  6 PagesGlaspell’s Trifles and the Invisibility of Women Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles and Henrik Ibsen s A Doll s House are plays that explore a number of important features of femininity and life as a woman. Trifles explores a number of thematic ideas surrounding a woman’s place and her propensity for violence. The Author explores a thematic idea that centers on the proper dispensation of justice: Glaspell critically investigates the question of whether an individual can truly receive justice from