TriflesI ​​would like to make three major points. Major #1: Since this is the first play we've read, the direction really caught my attention and I had a tendency to think about it. very seriously in determining the meaning of the work. The most obvious direction, which Parrish's essay discusses, is that neither Mr. nor Mrs. Wright ever appears in the play, and Glaspell was the first to use this type of direction (which was later recognized as unique to her). important examples of the direction of the play (no spoken lines) are: (...she is disturbed now and looks around in fear as she enters.) (Stops, her face twitches.) So as to return to familiar things.) Glaspell uses this direction several times. (Silence; then as if struck by a happy thought and relieved to return to everyday things.)(Mrs. Hale glances secretly at Mrs. Peters.)(Withdrawing.) This is an emotional direction, not a physical one. Glaspell's decision to present "Trifles" as a play instead of its original short story form (titled: "A Jury of His Peers) gives the reader the opportunity to "see" the action better than usual , and therefore gain a clearer understanding of the author's meaning.Major #2: What is the meaning of "preserves" I see the literal meaning, but what does Glaspell say about the act of preserving things? 'a woman? The action of the play keeps returning to this jar of preserves (example: if the jar gets too cold, it breaks; the preserves make a sticky mess; they don't want Minnie to know the jars are broken and not kept.) Major #3: Does anyone know about quilting I'm looking for more specific information on tying or quilting I think Glaspell uses this craft (and it's a? medium of expression like writing and painting) in a very subtle way to get his message across, but I don't have enough information to see it, although I see the importance of tying and tying the knot around the neck of Mr. Wright who killed him. Can anyone help me? Parrish writes in her essay that Glaspell wrote and produced numerous plays and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1931. Reading plays is interesting and meaningful because they offer women another way to find and express their voice. Parrish states that Glaspell's writings focused on "the desire for equality and recognition of women in a 'man's world »..