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Essay / Distinct Understanding on Trifles by Susan Glaspell
Susan Glaspell writes Trifles based on a real-life murder and introduces contemporary feminist concerns of identity and the need for women's support and understanding. In the story, the county attorney, the sheriff and a neighboring farmer go to the isolated, abandoned farm to investigate the murder of John Wright, while the wives of the sheriff and the farmer leave to collect personal belongings for Minnie, who is now in prison. the prison. John Wright is strangled in his bed and his wife, Minnie, is the prime suspect because she does not wake up when the crime occurs. The three men set out to search for clues to a possible motive for the murder with a perfect and pretentious plan. They make fun of women's concern for trifles, which is actually the key point of the criminal case. Ultimately, the women discover the truth of the matter while the men do not, and decide to hide the evidence because they sympathize with the life Minnie lived. Trifles by Susan Glaspell presents the divergence in principles of judgment between women and men, and highlights the difference in gender and behavior. Empathy, protection of women, and perceptions of Mrs. Peter and Mrs. Hale's judgment and ethics change the ending of the play. In the play, Glaspell shows the oppression of women in marriage with the character of Minnie. Mrs. Hale says that Minnie "wore pretty clothes and was vivacious, when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls who sang in the choir" (Glaspell 188-190). Conflict arises when Mrs. Hales describes Mr. Wright as "a hard man" (Glaspell 311) and says "just to spend the time of day with him – (Shudders.) Like a strong wind that reaches the bones" (Glaspell 311 -312). Other than that, Mrs. Hale hasn't been... middle of paper...... closed the case from little things that tell how Minnie's life is going and what her thoughts are. The success in finding the murderer shows the need to recognize women's capabilities and indicates that the principle of divergent female judgment should in fact be supported. In the title Trifles, Susan Glaspell symbolizes women as insignificant beings from the point of view of men and, small and detailed things, which are of great importance and value, are considered inessential to men. The symbols of Bagatelles showed the social and psychological oppression of women. The play critiques society's inherently patriarchal culture and conservative views towards women, and shows that women's sense of empathy and protection, as well as feminine principles of judgment, can actually cause a lot of trouble - prevent a matter from happening in such a way that it happens. should actually be.