The short story, Trifles by Susan Glaspell, is about a murder in a rural home in the late 1800s. The story starts with the town’s sheriff and two deputies arrive at the scene of the crime. One deputy walks into the room and sees an old woman sitting on a chair by a stove sewing. She asks him if she was to leave her sewing for a moment to answer their questions and he replies that she should not worry about it because all they need from her is just one thing: to know what has been going on in this house for the past day or so.
The woman agrees and tells them that nothing special has been going on here today or yesterday either for that matter because it’s always boring around here. But then she tells them about everything.
Introduction
Trifles is a play written by Susan Glaspell and first performed in 1916. It tells the story of a murder and its investigation, and how gossip and prejudice can lead to an innocent suspect being convicted.
The play is set in New England, some time after the American Civil War. A farmer named John Wright has been murdered, and three men are on trial for his death. The first act introduces all of the main characters as they discuss the murder; we learn that John Wright's wife was found asleep next to his bloody body with blood on her hands and feet. The second act shows us what happened before he died: John met his morning visitors - a minister, school teacher, and neighbor - who had come to collect money for their fundraising efforts on behalf of the church; he also ordered his wife.
Trifles: Summary
Trifles is a story set in the Midwest in the 20th century, where Chris and John are neighbors. Chris's wife, Lottie, has been missing for three days. John visits Chris to find out what he knows about her disappearance. They discuss the recent rumors of a tramp with a knife who has been terrorizing townsfolk and killing women.
Chris reveals that recently Lottie had been acting strangely and had started wearing her old clothes again, and he suspects that she might be having an affair. When they hear a young woman scream from inside the house, they rush to check on her but find no one there; it turns out to be Mrs. Peters from next door who was visiting another neighbor. Suddenly, they notice that all their neighbors are congregating outside their homes for some reason.
Trifles: Literary Analysis
Trifles is a short play that was written by Susan Glaspell in 1916. The story Trifles by Susan Glaspell is only three pages long. It revolves around the murder of John Wright and the investigation that takes place as a result of it. The play explores the roles of gender and class as they were understood at the time, but also asks questions about what we consider to be relevant evidence.
Conclusion
Susan Glaspell’s Trifles is a play that focuses on the issue of gender discrimination. The play revolves around the search for the murderer of Mrs. Wright, a woman who has been found dead in her house with a hatchet buried in her head. The men who are investigating this murder initially deem it as an accident that occurred because Mrs. Wright was alone and drunk at home, but they find out that she had been killed by a hatchet to her head and therefore have to investigate further to find out what really happened.
The men don't take Mrs. Peters seriously when she suspects that Walter might have murdered Mrs. Wright because he was also having an affair with her and she is from a lower class background. They think she doesn't know what really happened between them.
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