Play Analysis

Function of the Domestic in Trifles by Susan Glaspell

Susan Glaspell's play, Trifles, appears to recount the supreme women's suffrage story. No longer will men have a top hand contrary to women after reading this story. Cleverness will be the key to keeping power from the men in this story. The one thing that woman are admonished for, the concept that women are inclined to gaze at the 'little picture' rather than of the 'whole picture', will be there route to victory. Two tales of revenge are notified in this article, the revenge of suppression and revenge of being depicted as 'unsophisticated, unintelligent' women. First we have the article of Mrs. Wright and the labors with her married man, John. Married women all through annals have been depicted and performed the function as being inferior to the married man in marriage. This appears to be the case with Mrs. Wright. Even though John's public likeness was rather reputable, it was conspicuous that behind close doorways the article was different. There are clues of misuse in this marriage. First, the breakthrough of the broken doorway directs me to resolve that John was very personal and anguished. Second, it is presumed that Mrs. Wrights married man had smashed her canary's neck. The canary, which of course had to be caged, was comprised as the vintage Minnie Foster herself. The canary is an attractive, free forceful bird that had a sugary voice, as Minnie had at one time. This was the end of the line and 'Minnie Foster' was about to be reborn. She would comic for all those misused and stifled dwelling wives over the world and makes the first 'final' conclusion she had ever been permitted to make. The bird's cage was her jail. The bird's death was her flexibility for the ...