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TriflesThe men believe that the women are not able to figure out what had happened in the Wright home. The men stumble around the home looking for clues but it is their wives that peice together what...
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TriflesThe play is set at the turn of the century (early 1900's), in Iowa, in winter. It is based upon actual events surrounding the murder trial of a farmer's wife in Indianola, Iowa during that time.
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TriflesSure, there is hope, and the other women in the play help to create it. The men can't see any motive, and so the chauvinistic legal system will see Mrs. Wright as insane, which will help her get a...
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TriflesBy showing the basic differences in how men and women think, act, and relate to others, Glaspell gives the reader a picture of sisterhood. The women are there to get things for the woman accused of...
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TriflesMinnie doesn't kill the bird; her husband does. Minnie had bought the canary to keep her company because she was so lonely on the farm. When she married her husband, John, she was a pretty...
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TriflesRather than good vs. evil, consider this a play which starts as an attempt by good people to resolve an evil event (a killing), but which transforms along the way. The men attempt to apply clear...
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TriflesOne of the main themes in "Trifles" is the idea of Gender differences. The two sexes are distinguished by the roles they play in society, their physicality, their methods of communication...
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TriflesDo you mean the story version ("A Jury of Her Peers")? Or the play ("Trifles")? Assuming you mean the play, I think the men still hold the greater power. They hold legal authority, own greater...