Trifles

Steven FiorilloThe thesis of this paper is to prove that the title of Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” represents how men considered women’s duties and their opinions to be of little importance compared to a man’s role in society. The dictionary defines the word trifle as something of little importance or value, or to deal with …

Shantifiney Franklin English 102 October 19, 2009 Critical Essay of Trifles Susan Glaspell Susan Glaspell was born on July 1, 1882 in Davenport, Iowa. She began her career as am author of short stories of popular magazines such as the Des Moines Daily. She cofounded Provincetown Players, a group who worked with experimental drama. Glaspell …

Trifles The play, Trifles by Susan Glaspell is written and read as a dialogue and is supposed to be acted out on a stage with a setting and characters. This play is classified as a 1 act play since there is only 1 scene. Trifles is also considered to be a realism drama because there …