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TRIFLES

Beverly A. Smith (essay date 1982)

SOURCE: "Women's Work—Trifles? The Skill and Insights of Playwright Susan Glaspell," in International Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, March/April 1982, pp. 172-84.

[In the following, Smith examines Glaspell's presentation of women in Trifles and she analyzes the play as "a possible fictional representation of a [spouse] battering. "]

Introduction

Sheriff (rises): Well, can you beat the woman! Held for murder and worrin' about her preserves.

County Attorney (getting down from chair): I guess before we're through she may have something more serious to worry about.

Hale: Well, women are used to worrying about trifles. (The two women move a little closer together.)¹

Susan Glaspell

The same aspects of life which the male characters in...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Overviews And General Studies
4. Trifles
5. Further Reading
6. Copyright

1. Susan Glaspell
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