Feminist Drama Trifles By Susan Glaspell Essay

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Trifles by Susan Glaspell

Early 20th century feminist drama

Women have no rights inside of marriage.

Womens concerns are ignored by the male-dominated legal system.

Spousal abuse is tolerated within marriage.

Minnie loses her voice (song) inside of marriage like a caged bird.

Her husband kills her bird, an implicit threat that she will be next.

Women understand the trifles (clues) that men do not.

Minnie strangles her husband, after losing her own voice.

The women save Minnie from being hung for murder but feel guilty that they did not do more before it was too late.

The play is a call for female empowerment and a defense of female self-defense in abusive marriages that is radical even today.

Questions to Ask:

How have things changed since the first production of Trifles?

How have things remained the same?

Do you agree with the womens decision?

What do you think life will be like for Minnie after she is released from prison?

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