tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post644611098403508979..comments2024-03-26T02:02:04.516-05:00Comments on DRAGON: Susan Glaspell / TriflesFiccioneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113302074119512881noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-82336363777510489202014-11-08T14:32:44.258-05:002014-11-08T14:32:44.258-05:00Trifles is a Play which tells us the story of a ho...Trifles is a Play which tells us the story of a homicide; John Wright was murdered in his own house, he was found in his bed with a rope around his neck, his wife was the only witness, she was supposed to be sleeping with him at night and it was reasonable that she would listen his husband struggle against the murderer. The Sheriff, the County Attorney and Lewis Hale decided to solve this case and they went to John Wright house to look for some evidence, they wanted to find any possible reason which pointed out why John Wright was killed. On this mission Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale were with them, these ladies were assigned to look for some clothes for Mrs. Wright who was in prison.<br /><br />Men looked around for a clue, and left behind women without noticing what were they doing. Surprisingly, women found a dead bird with its head all twisted, and with some conjectures they deducted the reason why she had killed her husband: “Ms. Wright was not an agreeable man to live with so Mrs. Wright found a new friend, her little bird, which was unfortunately killed by John Wright liberating Mrs. Wright anger.” These women having discovered the possible reason of the murder decided to say nothing, because they recognized the bad luck Mrs. Wright had had for being married with such an oppressive man, they felt sympathy and reflected their own situation on her. Men never knew the truth because these women covered it all.<br /><br />With this play we can notice women’s history, women were underestimated for so many years, and they were forced to accomplish only the home duties keeping quiet their voices and their thoughts; men affirmed that women place were any apart from home. However, this story shows how women can be clever than men, and how those things which does not mean anything to men and only women are able to see could lead to the solving of a crime. Women intelligence has no limits and this play, situated on a time were this was not still noticed, just affirms women importance, women power. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425482541569259429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-15329769823087614642014-11-06T16:32:00.802-05:002014-11-06T16:32:00.802-05:00TRIFLES: the power of women
Trifles is a play wri...TRIFLES: the power of women<br /><br />Trifles is a play written by Susan Glaspell, which tells the story of the investigation of the murder of John Wright, where the five characters: the sheriff Henry Peters, the county attorney George Henderson, the neighboring farmer Lewis Hale, her wife Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are trying to find evidence in order to solve the case. The male characters conduct the official investigation while the female characters conduct their own one.<br /><br />This play caught my attention since it reflects an early Feminist where women are able to think reasonable in order to find the different hits which will help them to discover that Mrs. Wright is the murder of her husband. Another aspect related to this point is the title “trifles” which reveals in any way the minor importance that the sheriff and the county give to the women who are in the Wright’s house, principally, because they do not expect these women are able to give any real contribution to the investigation, it means that women in that time were considered as not important in the society, acting as submissive beings and in most of the cases their works were limited to housework. Similarly, Sexism inflicted by Mr. Wright where he did not respect the freedom of his wife who starts to feel lonely, sad and manipulated by those macho attitudes, losing her dignity and the things that made her feel like a valuable and loved woman, her only company is her bird and when she notices her only real company is dead, she reacts with the huge desire of revenge. Maybe because of that, those women is able to understand the pain of Mrs. Wright and the reasons why she commits this crime, somehow they justify her and her feelings and finally they decide to cover the evidence.<br /><br />To sum up, as in a general view I would like to say that even if the story was very touching, the end was not exactly what I was expecting. Thought in this play the author wants to emphasize the importance of woman as beings with the same qualities, abilities and intelligence than men, increasing their participation in a society in which she is part but often denigrates and excludes her, showing that it can be an inspiration and motivation to change the world and increases the opportunities for all women.<br />lizeth Tatiana Jaimes Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16039436873292197137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-76726380380147169892014-11-04T22:29:36.114-05:002014-11-04T22:29:36.114-05:00Trifles is the story of a group of people who are ...Trifles is the story of a group of people who are trying to solve a murder, the two men in charge of the real crime (a detective and an attorney) are looking around for evidence that can prove that the dead man’s wife is the murderer, but the neighbour of the killer and the wife of the detective who are underestimated women, at the end, find the evidence and solve the crime, but decide to empathise with the murderer and they hide it all.<br /><br />This play shows the perspective of the writer Susan Glaspell a feminist, who through her dialogues and a very ordinary situation proves that women are in fact capable of thinking, solving and being part of the men’s world even without wanting to, they changed the course of the events by deciding not to give the criminal in, just because they could relate to her feelings and comprehend her actions, that is why they hide the conclusive proof of the murderer’s action and by doing it they highlight their role as important life course changing characters.<br /><br />What I like about this play besides the importance that it gives to women in a narrow minded sexist world, is the fact that the playwright was capable of doing it so, with a very simple situation, we as readers are able to understand the situation women are going through and feel sorry for them, since they are very underestimated. At the end, even though it was against the law and any moral, it was comprehensible, not acceptable but comprehensible, what the murderer did, and because of that I believe that the action of the women is justified as well, they knew what being a woman in that environment was, and lots of people can relate to them as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09771026486230236481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-75308984687973998102014-11-04T21:36:22.554-05:002014-11-04T21:36:22.554-05:00What makes a woman to be intelligent?
I cannot un...What makes a woman to be intelligent?<br /><br />I cannot understand how in a “developed” society the role of women was insignificant. Trifles is one of those stories that shows how women were humiliated since the men’s thinking was that women were made only to be in the kitchen to cook and take care of children. It was as if they were in jail. They were as a bird in a cage without any possibility of being free. Men did not care about women’s opinions because for them it was unimportant. However, it must been said that even if men were so rude with women, they could not live without one since their lives would be a chaos. I can affirm that if a man at that time would not have had a woman really close, he would have starved since he only knew how to work in an office. <br /><br />Even if it was the perception that people had at that epoch, with this story I could appreciated that in fact, women’s opinions were important, that they were intelligent, that the fact that they worried about “trifles” made them clever since they could see what men could not, women could go further in analyzing those small details, and at the end they were more intelligent than men. Maybe men in that time took their right to express their ideas, feelings, emotions away; but they never could take their ability to think about away. Women were so intelligent that they were capable of doing works that men did, the problem was that society did not allow it. The society’s thought was really poor, it limited women just to stay at home and worry about their family. But it does not mean that they were not capable of working in an office.<br /><br />Finally, I would like to say that this story makes fun of those sexist men that believed that the role of women was just to stay at home to work for their husband. This story shows women as intelligent persons able to discover important clues to resolve a crime. They did what men did not, they discovered what men could not. In conclusion they did a work that only men were supposed to do at that time. This fact shows women as smart and men as stupid. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04224934836733722559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-18034819819883598152014-11-03T23:39:33.676-05:002014-11-03T23:39:33.676-05:00 TRIFLES: THE CLUES WHICH SOLVED THE... TRIFLES: THE CLUES WHICH SOLVED THE CASE. <br /><br />First of all, it is essential to mention that Susan Glaspell’s writings and her plays are clearly feminist, taking into account the roles that women play in a sexist society and also in the relationships. That is why, Trifles has as main theme the gender conflicts, since it is about how men underestimate women’s attitudes, opinions and behaviors, and we can appreciate how women can be even smarter and more meticulous when people want to obtain something. Therefore, Glaspell aims at demonstrating how the male role attempts to be above the female one, since it has been always considered as the strong gender; however, she wants to express that this statement is totally wrong because it is not always about physical strength but the cognitive aspect and the capacity of resistance human beings have to develop.<br /><br />Concerning the plot, as it was written in the first paragraph, this play is strongly feminist and the men of this story are contemptuous about what these women say and what they consider important. Trifles is about a murder case where some male characters attempt at discovering if the Mr. Wright’s murderer is his wife -being the only suspect in the case-, but into the investigation there are two female presences as well, who were the neighbors of the Wright’s house. During the search of clues, the men make comments and mock the women because they concern about details related to the kitchen and home issues, and one of the men argues that their wives only worry about trifles, it means, about aspects they find insignificant; nevertheless, the most ironic thing is that those trifles are the elements which guide them to know that indeed was Mrs. Wright the person who killed her husband due to she was desperate at playing her whole life the role as a housewife. <br /><br />As a conclusion, I would like to state that despite the fact this story did not captivate me as the previous ones, since also the sequence of the play was not as I expected; I did like the way the author wanted to express that women are essential too, and not to be the men’s support and the ones who must feed them because that is the rule after the marriage, but to demonstrate that women can be as strong and qualified as men; in other words, she wanted to make evident what the female people are capable of. Consequently, in my opinion, it was interesting how she fought for women’s rights through a play.<br />Leonardo Jarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13496624948935380355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-34354709007472232042014-11-03T13:33:55.778-05:002014-11-03T13:33:55.778-05:00Trifles is a play written by a woman that I would ...Trifles is a play written by a woman that I would call “activist”, Susan Glaspell, since in her writings she used semi-autobiographical tales which address contemporary issues, such as gender, ethics, and dissent against chauvinism, while featuring deep, sympathetic characters who make principled stands.<br /><br />I find those themes really interesting and polemic, especially during the time she dealt with them, as it was an epoch when women where pushed into the background and underestimated by men and society as well, their only purpose in life was looking after their husbands and giving them children, sons mainly, so that they helped their father cultivating the land and working hard in order to bring money to the house. And this is exactly the theme that is touched on Trifles implicitly. Maybe the author did not want to mention explicitly the theme(s) of the play (Female identity; law, duty, and justice; patriarchal dominance; revenge; domesticity; empathy and protection; and/or loneliness) but in a fashion where she could show that women, the so-called "weaker sex", are as or even more intelligent, useful and clever than men in society. Consequently, I consider that Susan Glaspell achieved in demonstrating her point as in the end of the story the reader realizes that the ones that actually solved the crime were the women while the men where only focused on mocking and scorning them.<br /><br />However, as far as the story itself is concern, I need to be honest and say that I hated every moment while I was reading it. I found it very boring as I think that the development of facts occur extremely slowly and the author paid too much attention to the characters’ dialogs instead of making the story theme a little bit more understandable to the reader because when I reached the end I was like Condorito (plop!), as I expected a more clear ending. It took me few minutes to truly understand the play and its purpose. <br /><br />Finally, I think that Trifles is a play about engaging and problematic issues in society which every woman should be interested in but with a very boring writing way of presenting facts. However the important matter here is the social problem that is touched.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511735932492219396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-83310453869886617232014-10-30T22:00:38.172-05:002014-10-30T22:00:38.172-05:00THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A SIXTH SENSE
Trifles is ...THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A SIXTH SENSE<br /><br />Trifles is a short play written by Susan Glaspell, a feminist American playwright who based this story in a real episode in which she was involved as a journalist, which job she resigned and became a writer. Afterwards, Susan wrote Trifles” in 1916 as a play and then she rewrote it as a short story, in this opportunity called “A Jury of her Peers”. <br /><br />As regards to the content, the author explores the women role in society who are often underestimated. Thus, in this play the author presents that women are as competent as men. The play was about a woman who was depressed about her failed marriage, she was tired since her husband did not appreciate her efforts for being a good wife. Afterwards, three men and two women came to her house in order to investigate the facts of the crime; however, men did not notice any clue about the homicide. In fact, they were focused on finding the weapon used to commit the crime, meanwhile, women analysed every single detail about Mrs. Wright’s daily life. At the same time, men made fun of them, because women went into irrelevant details. In spite of it, women continued looking for some clues or solving the crime and finally thanks to their shrewdness and curiosity, they found the reason why Mrs. Wright committed the murder. Nevertheless, they did not say anything since they knew how unhappy Mrs. Wright was in her marriage. It was an act of female solidarity.<br /><br />In short, Trifles is a play that made me think not only about the difficulties women had to overcome in order to get the equality, but also this story let me a significant lesson for life. Currently, we live in a world full of stupid stereotypes that people use to be mean against other people in order to show their superiority. Personally, I totally disagree with those people because they must not underestimate others for their physical appearance, race, gender, etc. For me it does not matter how handsome and intelligent you are since people will always find a reason to change you. The important thing here is appreciating the world as it is. Nowadays, women are considered being gossip and curious. I think that having a sixth sense is an advantage. In my humble opinion, men have to be as curious and gossip as women: it will help them to better appreciate little details at first time.<br /><br />Johana Serrano.<br />Teacher Johanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01755006558118856627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-82330447468668224652014-10-30T20:54:52.135-05:002014-10-30T20:54:52.135-05:00First of all, it is important to mention that Trif...First of all, it is important to mention that Trifles offers an easy lesson on symbols; the title of the play is a symbol itself. Trifles represent to the men everything that women think are important. In essence, women are trifles as the strangulated bird symbolizes the wretched life led by Mrs. Wright; so I consider that although the play is very short, it touches a lot of interesting subjects such as the relationship between gender and power in American society, the superior behavior of the male characters that involves women trying to make their voices heard in a society that considers them inferior; and finally, the reconstructed brutality of John Wright stand in stark contrast to the women's unwillingness to pass judgment and the ability to sympathize with Mrs. Wright. <br />The only unusual spot is Mrs. Wright herself, although we are, I think, intended to conclude that she killed her husband because he murdered the bird that was her only friend, the rest of her actions and fears are unexplained. For instance, her evident disposition to be caught in the house, her appeal for an apron and some other household things (though the two women speculate that she just wants to feel normal). Of course, her nonappearance makes it really difficult to get any understanding of her, and all we have to work from the two women's speculation.<br />To conclude, I really wonder if Minnie Foster should be condemned…I mean she caused the crime, yes, in legal terms, that is wrong and she should be punished but, how about the crime that John Wright did to her? He murdered her soul, her spirit and… who is going to punish that crime? <br /><br />I just want to add that it must be hard to be a woman in that time and it must be even harder to be a woman who feels herself arrested in her own house, a woman sitting spiritually dead when she is still breathing with hopeless to be free.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555745212027552315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-20370628473770868992014-10-30T20:11:11.042-05:002014-10-30T20:11:11.042-05:00Trifles really matter
Estefanía Orozco
Trifles is...Trifles really matter<br />Estefanía Orozco<br /><br />Trifles is basically a feminist play based on the past hard situation of women who were treated as inferior beings. In that time, women did not work and did not study since their role was essentially played at home as the typical submissive and dedicated housewives. Consequently, Susan Glaspell wanted to evidence that problematic and the tragic consequences of woman abuse throughout this play.<br /><br />The starting point of Trifles plot is the mysterious murder of a man in his house, the rest of the story is centered on the search for evidence in order to find the guilty of the crime. This search is carried out by the victim’s neighbors, Mr. Hale and his wife, the sheriff and Mrs. Peters guided by the county attorney. Glaspell describes the characters giving the reader the idea of gender inequality; for instance, all the male characters are workers whereas female characters only play housewives’ role in a familiar environment. Besides, the title of this play shows from the beginning the stereotype society had about women in that time, as less important beings whose feelings and thoughts had no significance. In this way, the author makes an ironic contrast between the two genres since even if women are considered as less intelligent people, men are the stupid ones who never take into account the kitchen as a place to look for the evidences and they never see the victim's wife as a possible murderer.<br /><br />This story made me think about all the difficulties that women have lived throughout humankind history, fighting for their rights, for their freedom and for gender equality. I really liked the way in which Susan Glaspell shows the female intelligence and sagacity in the play since actually are the women who found the evidence and discover the perpetrator of the crime, Mrs. Wright. Even if a woman looks like a fragile person she is actually a powerful being that have changed and improved human life in all senses and in all ways from the first time man set foot on the earth.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00120125840273312583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-79395757047249069072014-10-30T18:21:13.625-05:002014-10-30T18:21:13.625-05:00Feminism Differs from Women’s Supremacy
Who says ...Feminism Differs from Women’s Supremacy<br /><br />Who says that feminism is about women’s supremacy? Who dares to say that men are better than women or vice versa? It is even absurd to try to give an answer. Nobody dares to answer to these questions since simply, there is not a fair response, or because they barely have arguments to sustain their position that gender equality is not possible. Everything is obtainable since disposition stands.<br /><br />Trifles is that kind of work that make me talk or write more than I should: it touches my sensibility as an individual and more directly, as a woman. It is impossible not to reacting, not to arguing face such an important topic when we know that it covers something that almost everyone disregards. That is true, even when politicians and other people who consider themselves defenders of human beings’ rights have sold a false image of what they really do for ensuring gender equality. They only defend themselves because society has disturb their own arguments and because they still have the assumption of being stronger than the others. With this, I am not placing them in a superior stage because it would surely be ridiculous and unfair, but considering the miserable situation in which women have been misplaced. Trifles was for me the source that opened me up to a very interesting self-discussion since it touches my gender, the discrimination that even in 20th century women suffer only because somebody casually said that men were best than women and that we were the ones who decided to get married to the kitchen. Just sarcasm! That is not fair; that is disgusting and annoying. And I am not saying that we, women, are believed to be the sweetest ones, the most intelligent ones or even the most capable. I am just saying that we are also human beings and that we have rights that should be respected. It is not a reclamation, but an adjustment. <br /><br />Briefly, women should be afforded the same respect and opportunities as men, they should be involved in the decision-making of their country and be able to inspire freedom and independence. They should be as strong as men are told to be and consider in what corner of their life they are placing the self-esteem they deserve. Thus, women are not weak until they give the others that weapon to be hurt. It is time to change our spectrum of ideals and start looking for the guidance that ensures our independence and rights. <br /> <br />Omairys Torres MoyaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194606367907738122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-76462492422061601732014-10-30T13:33:13.536-05:002014-10-30T13:33:13.536-05:00I consider Trifles by Susan Glaspell as a feminist...I consider Trifles by Susan Glaspell as a feminist work; this playwright narrates the story of the murder of John Wright. I really enjoyed reading that, because it in this play the author explores the situation of woman in a sexist society. This is about the social divisions created by gender roles. At that time women were confined to the home and their contributions were unnoticed and undervalued.<br /><br />I think that women are usually underestimated by men. In the story, while the men were trying to solve the crime, the women explored through Mrs. Wrights' belongings. They noticed simple things out of place in the home, which men could not see. They found clues that revealed that Mrs. Wright had been the murderer. Nevertheless, they did not reveal that, because they felt identified with Mrs. Wright’s situation. This poor woman was mistreated by her husband, she forgot her dreams and she became a sad housewife who worked all time in order to make him happy. In my opinion, Glaspell’s story show as the societal values of women at the time and their roles in the home. We can appreciate how Glaspell used a feminist critique to question the inequalities of women and highlighting the subordination that men have on females.<br />To sum up, while the men searched clues around the farmhouse, the women discover bits of evidence in the "trifles" of a farmer's wife. Because the men ignored the women's world, they remained blind to the truth before their eyes. I think that this represents the reality of nowadays woman’s situation. Women are often considered to be mere trifles, unimportant issues that bear little or no importance to the true work of society, which, of course is not entirely being carried out by men. Women are equal, are intelligent, beautiful and make of this world a better world<br /><br />July Alexandra RosasAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14689085076813049889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-31855861366250832822014-10-28T18:54:12.418-05:002014-10-28T18:54:12.418-05:00TRIFFLES
trifles is an amazing play where it is ...TRIFFLES<br /><br /> trifles is an amazing play where it is demonstrated that women are more intelligent than so many people think, considering that they have shown their great abilities to solve an impossible case for the men. One of the main aspects that the author highlights is chauvinism pointing women as the weak gender. They are only able to cook, wash and gossip; and the only place for them is the kitchen. For me, this is a real pathetic way of thinking that still prevails nowadays. <br />Gender fanaticism is always accompanied by the scorn to women. They are underestimated to the point that ladies have considered themselves as the worst creature- that is what men say. We see the case of Mr. Wright who disregarded his wife and considered her just as an object he could use for his sake. The wife kept silent because she was a submissive person who obeyed everything her husband ordered, but all changed when John killed the bird that remembered her she was happy during his youth, she used to sing and she had her illusions and dreams alive. This fact generated a deep hate in Mrs. Wright that drove her to craziness, this pain leaded her to commit murder. She decided to kill her husband in the same way he murdered the bird, twisting his neck till death.<br />In this play, we also observe how gender loyalty remains, though the women discovered the true killer, the seekers were guided to know it was Mrs. Wright the murderer, but their consideration for her was so big that they decided to say nothing and let the men continue in their greed. <br /><br />Jennifer Bautista<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433063542688604718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-62944335060030861122013-11-12T19:58:03.100-05:002013-11-12T19:58:03.100-05:00A Trifle Comment
By: Mingyar Alejandro Avellaneda...A Trifle Comment<br /><br />By: Mingyar Alejandro Avellaneda<br /><br /> There is always a co-relation between Environment and the inhabitants of it. Many features of their behavior are conditioned by all the dynamics presented inside a particular set-up. In the case of the reading, “Trifles”, it happens to be very oppressive: people were thought just as tools or a part of the society that doesn’t count as individuals, just as “pins”. In fact, it is impossible to say if it begins inside or outside the components of this population. I would say it starts in the essence of the human being conforming that society. They constrain each other, providing all of them with an unpleasant life style.<br />Such is the case of the home of the “Wright’s, they didn’t decide to live together based on their feelings, but it appears to be it was just a matter of having another one to live with, no more than that, or even to fulfill what they were expected to do according to the predominant values of the families of that time. It advocates, when the oppression is unbearable, to execute acts that show the true state of the mood of the person under the effects of this situation. As the writer illustrates, even a murder could be executed.<br /> Now, paying close attention to the elements surrounding this fact, the murder, we find that the main element is indifference, even present in the general state of the house: the kitchen is dirty, and so is the floor; the singing of the “birdie” is also disregarded, which can be taken as the very voice of Mrs. Wright who was a singer some time ago. The product of misunderstanding and that necessity of demonstrate something (happiness, in this case) based on fake appearances which do not fit with the life presented inside that home, and even the element present on the fact that they didn’t even touch each other, as may be inferred by the scene of the tight sleep of the madame, and the death of the husband which was unadvertised in the bed.<br /> Before finishing, I would like to add my own hypothesis: the bird wasn’t killed, it only died. But the feeling for having lost the melody of its voice, and that it was noteless by no one, specially the husband, made explode everything, and caused a fatal consequence.<br />Alekoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14331295252905750242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-34744710021765555492013-11-08T17:02:15.679-05:002013-11-08T17:02:15.679-05:00“Trifles”
First at all, when I started to read “T...“Trifles”<br /><br />First at all, when I started to read “Trifles” I was really confused about what “Trifles” meant but at the same time I was motivated to read more, honestly I had to read it many times in order to understand and follow the continuity of the play, but at the end I could learn more about each one of the characters (George Henderson, Henry Peters, Lewys Haler, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale). In addition, one aspect that caught my attention it was the case of Mrs. Wright and his awful decision to kill her husband. <br />On the other hand, Susan Gapell, a great writer because she caught my attention using characters’ emotions such as sadness and loneliness and I could realize that despite the woman’s situation at this moment women have more opportunities with the chance to fight for their rights to be free and have a better life. <br />Finally, I considered that read this play was interesting because I discovered in Literature a way to learn more and think about this topic with the objective of being a better person without limitations. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17084729555806039369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-6534213565159675722013-11-07T19:57:58.363-05:002013-11-07T19:57:58.363-05:00Trifles is a play in which the author employed sus...Trifles is a play in which the author employed suspense in the story in order to catch readers’ attention, because the story started without showing the kind of genre, so, after reading deeply I realized that it was one story that mixes mystery and suspense. I guess this kind of plot is effective because some readers prefer to read stories like this than another one, just for the simple fact of being a real situation, as we know the author took into account many important aspects of her own life.<br />On the other hand, the part that I liked the most in the story was when Mr. Hale got inside de house and found out Mrs. Wright rocking in her chair, with a smile on her face and laughing for her husband death. Besides, this case was not solved because they do not know where Mrs. Wright was and what was the real reason why she killed her husband, it is important to highlight how the author showed each transition in the act. I would say this playwright was a tragedy comedy because it was sad how Mr. Wright died but at the same time, it is funny how Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter tried to get advance for the event. <br />After having read, I can infer that this story shows how women defend their genre (female) against bad behaviors of men. Although Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale had idea that Mrs. Wright had killed her husband, they did as if they did not know. Maybe the truth could have helped for solving this case.<br />German Tamayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978262915899552682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-61005363203232022962013-11-05T19:54:23.817-05:002013-11-05T19:54:23.817-05:00Trifles is a play in which a crime committed in a ...Trifles is a play in which a crime committed in a farmhouse encloses a patriarchal dominance that tops in a woman’s frantic decision. Susan Glaspell not only recreated a story of an assassination that could not be solved by the investigators but a great canvas where a mixture of different colours sketched a miserable and shady panorama that women like Mrs Wright have to live in a society that sometimes seem to be unaware and impervious to the suffering and pain.<br />The tittle of this play describes assertively one simple rule that regularly we use to disregard: “Great things are made of details”. It is interesting how throughout the story, Glaspell shows us how frustration and oppression, both can transmute into several ways to escape from the intrinsic jail we inhabit. Behind that patriarchal dominance is hidden a wish that perhaps Mrs Wright wanted the most and it is “ her identity as a woman” that is constantly broken by the subordination she always has to admit. Loneliness is also expressed by the author as well as a dark feeling of revenge that is clearly exemplified by the analogy of bird´s death. <br />Another relevant aspect to analyse is the immense ability of women to associate that fancy little box as the principal evidence for Mr Wright´s murderer intrepidity. Even the investigators could find out that evidence, they just focused on obvious things so their deductive abilities were blocked. That is exactly what frequently happens to us when we are confronting big dilemmas in or daily life, we focus on the problem not on the solution so that becomes a bigger trouble because sometimes the answer is closer but trifle out of our sight. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992549519777872481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-31595322268738992452013-11-04T00:50:46.703-05:002013-11-04T00:50:46.703-05:00By Susan Glaspell
Sincerely, when I started readi...By Susan Glaspell<br /><br />Sincerely, when I started reading Trifles it was not a good experience. Why? Because it is known that the main part of a reading is the title, and what I want to express here is that the title was not a catchy one. But the situation started getting better in the scene number one, because it gave a broad description of the setting, what helped me as reader to locate myself in order to follow a sequence. On the other hand, it is important to highlight that the characters were mentioned in a clear way too. <br />Related to the organization of the scenes I would say that I liked it the most because they were not so long and also they were marked for the readers to follow an order. Especially, it was easy to understand because the events were narrated clearly like expressing a real situation. <br />I do not know if I am not good at reading comprehension because as I was saying, the play was well organized and there were not unknown vocabulary, but the situation was that it was difficult for me to discover the real sense of it. So, what I had to do was to ask to a classmate if she had understood it, and then I asked her again to explain it to me. In fact, I clarified it when in the class the teacher said that the title Trifles is because in the simple details there is the real sense of it. <br />As a conclusion, this kind of literary plays are useful for every student because it helps us to improve our reading comprehension skill. I would say that a very good strategy to learn to read and comprehends is trying with several types of texts. I appreciate Anglophone literature the most because in this subject we have to make the effort to read, that is why our reading skill is getting better every day. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322730763600850655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-2038324254361693022013-11-03T20:12:16.008-05:002013-11-03T20:12:16.008-05:00Alexandra torres
Trifles
In my opinion, “Trifles...Alexandra torres <br /><br />Trifles<br />In my opinion, “Trifles” is an interesting play that wants to show us women's rights firstly. Also in this play, Glaspell carefully wishes to demonstrate intra-family violence it is a common problem that affects woman’s behavior with people around them, for example causing bad mood or psychological problem.<br />On the other hand, Glaspell in her play refutes that woman’s rights should be respected in order to prevent affecting the feelings of them because it can influence them psychologically. Thus, my intuition tells me that Susan defends the feminism: For example, in the climax of the play, when Mrs. Wrights finds the canary dead in the box, her motive to kill her husband, then this shows us that the woman is able to fight for her moral, demonstrating rights are important too and these should be respected without mattering the genre.<br /><br />Finally, the play wanted to express women's rights have to be considered as children’s rights too. On the other hand, “Trifles” looks for expanding that women have the same rights as men for example the equality of genres for that reason I admire Susan Glaspell because I believe she is the first woman that defends to feminism and at the same time she wants to express men should respect the feminist’s ideas and also she attacks the husbands are not always the authority at home and in a marriage, they should share the equality. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-53629316831897164742013-11-01T20:15:08.548-05:002013-11-01T20:15:08.548-05:00TRIFLES
First of all, this play was based on a re...TRIFLES<br /><br />First of all, this play was based on a real story. It was a murder that happened in the Wright’s farmhouse and nobody knew who did it. The sheriff, Mr. Hale and the county attorney did not know if Mrs. Wright was the murderer or not, what was Mrs. Wright doing during the homicide?, why did not Mrs. Wright see and hear anything? Or how did she commit the crime? In the same way, detectives wanted to have knowledge of how the relationship between them was and what was the real story behind this family.<br /><br />Another key point is that “Trifles” shows us Mrs. Wright as a frustrated and submitted woman. Indeed, before she got married to John Wright, her life, her personality and her clothes were different, for instance: She was Minnie Foster, she was a sweet and pretty woman. All those qualities disappeared when she knew Mr. Wright she became a timid and her clothes were not more colorful. <br /><br />Under those circumstances, I think that their marriage and their relationship were awful. In other words, Mr. and Mrs. Wright were two poles apart, they did not share anything and this was demonstrated when she discovered her canary dead. In this case, the canary represented her freedom and happiness. Actually, the canary was such as her child.<br /><br />Finally, “Trifles” means not only the evidences of the crime, but the simple things that people forget in their relationship, in this case John Wright in his marriage; things that could be kept alive our “LOVE”. For example, the relationship with our parents, friends, girl or boyfriends, husband or wife must be outstanding, it is necessary to keep in mind that in our relation is significant sharing good moments, laughing, saying beautiful words, talking to each other and all days say I love you! But the most relevant aspect is: DO NOT FORGET YOU LET TIME GO BY WITHOUT YOU RESOLVE TRIFLES IN YOUR LIFE! <br />LADYGAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16141895481486496811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-56263044454171038662013-10-29T00:21:50.791-05:002013-10-29T00:21:50.791-05:00TRIFLES
Before starting talking about my reflecti...TRIFLES<br /><br />Before starting talking about my reflection of the play Trifles, I want to introduce with a concept that involves the entire topic: Culture. Precisely, this play reflects the domain of a woman who wants to change the atmosphere at home. But as a contrast with reality, the culture has been commissioned to make us understand the obligation of the subjection and silence of women as a rule in a society. That is why, culture is a complex phenomenon and a powerful human tool covering everything in a society. Maybe, this is a difficult word to comprehend.<br /><br />On the other hand, when I read at the first time the tittle I was confused because I did not have any idea about the word “trifles”. According to the free dictionary by Farlex, the meaning of trifles is something of little importance or value, is to deal with something as if it were of little significance or value. That is why, trying to understand the title when I read that definition I supposed that the whole play was about a poor family with some occasional difficulties for reasons of financial problems, stress, alcohol or lack of respect in a relationship. But reading the play I observed that it was completely different. Without doubt, I cannot deny that reading that kind of interesting play was a very difficult task for me because sometimes I got lost. I had to read many times due to the fact that you have to be enough concentrated in order to follow the sequence. But at the end, I could have a clear idea and to enjoy the whole play. It was really fun and so interesting the role of each characters as George Henderson, Henry Peters, Lewys Haler, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale.<br /><br />By the way, I was surprised about how Mrs. Wright was so cold. Sometimes I felt afraid and curious about that terrible situation thinking in how a woman is capable to kill her own husband maybe for revenge. It is one more case that adds to the rising and shameful statistics of gender violence. Families in the modern world no longer stay together. It is so sad how people change. Some people live just to play the game but in a dangerous game. God help us!<br /><br />To conclude, I want to express that I really admire Susan Gaspell because is one of the most fantastic writers abroad. This wonderful play caught totally my attention because I could realize how a woman can control involving changes in different situations. Nowadays, no matter what we do or what we say as women, we have the opportunity to live freely, it could be with music, art, religion, customs and any other capabilities and habits required.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604097086287778965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-66516530010016387462013-10-28T23:18:16.788-05:002013-10-28T23:18:16.788-05:00Trifles
When I read the title the first time, I co...Trifles<br />When I read the title the first time, I could not understand the main theme in the story, because I did not know how to relate it; it was just a word “trifles”, I did not know its meaning so, I have to look for it in a dictionary. After, while reading, I tried to find a relation between the story and the title, I asked myself how a crime could have connection with an insignificant word, I thought.<br />It was necessary to pay attention to the expressions and the actions of the characters because in any way it became confused for me, to identify the speech of each one, who were and what were their business in the story, because through the characters the author wanted to show us something, she did not write without any purpose. In this way, at that moment I read about Susan’s biography, I realized that she wanted to express the feminism, also, the expressions of men against women, they thought to have the power over women; because in that time, woman did not have the opportunity to decide by herself.<br />I imaged the treatment Mrs. Wright received from her husband, moreover, the imprisonment she lived in her own house, and in any way I understood her; but the crime she committed was terrible, if I was in this position I tried to leave the man and not kill him. Thanks to the other women she was not arrested, I would not like to be in prison because it will be the same situation that she had at home. Nowadays, there are people who think similarly, men who abuse and intimidate women and women who want liberty, no more oppression in their lives and in some occasions they kill for revenge.<br />I do not know if when the woman kept the bird was the correct action but the convenient, a defense for woman in a tragic but liberating moment. That little dead bird was the trifle, the key to find out the criminal who assassinated Mr. Wright, because it was the detonator of repressed feelings in Mrs. Wright. The little details a woman could keep without be detected for men, because they looked only the mess in the kitchen and criticized women’s labor at home, but they did not know women had the answer in their hands.<br />To conclude, I liked the way Susan Glaspell showed in her play the feminism and the chauvinism at the same time, and it does not matter the age we live even today it is possible to see situations in which men discriminate women or vice versa that depends on the culture and social behavior.<br />Fabiola Blanco Delgadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983276699616386121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-62611145219644051302013-10-28T23:06:49.977-05:002013-10-28T23:06:49.977-05:00TRIFLES
Every story has a special detail that inv...TRIFLES<br /><br />Every story has a special detail that involves and in which we can know different adventures that in some cases are to our taste and in others not much, but that is the interesting point in literature that we decide if we want to be or not part of it, that depend on our aptitude and good disposition before reading a story. In this opportunity, we read Trifles by Susan Glaspell. If we analyze the title, this is different from the others, I mean, we can imagine diverse situations that could happen and maybe none of them have relation to the story. When I read the full play, I realized, why the author had chosen it, and maybe because, trifles are the key of the story and in my personal opinion in the small things, we can find an answer, a great moment or what we are looking for.<br /><br /><br />Talking about the play, in my humble opinion, the purpose of Susan Glaspell was to criticize the women’s role in the society, because in the epoch when this story took place, men considered that women had to be in an inferior level where they did not have neither voice nor vote, indeed man decided everything. On the other hand, although women’s role did not change a lot, nowadays women decide in some cases what they want to do with their life, and I say in some cases, because there are cultures where women are still subjugated and they can not express what they really think because, it is considered as an offence for men.<br /><br /><br />To conclude, this story show us a fatal solution that a woman took revenge in order to be free and to leave behind all of things that did not allow her to be; however, that is the key message of this play that we can not do the same, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” it does not matter how big is our problem before acting, we have to think and analyze all of the consequences that our decision can bring.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354436531451366997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-69636864867913054392013-10-28T22:07:24.474-05:002013-10-28T22:07:24.474-05:00Simple things can resolve major problems.
It is co...Simple things can resolve major problems.<br />It is commonly known that literature or any other art is a tool to react to the current aspects faced in a specific context. Susan Glaspell showed through trifles the inferiority experienced by women in an ironical chauvinist society. Following the sequence of the play I was not interested in who the murderer was but the relationship between men (“the intelligent men”) and the ladies. I eventually thought it is not that women are better than men but the fact that being a woman does not imply to have fewer opportunities than them.<br />Trifles also tackle, to some degree, the relevance of preserving law. One could think in those times, each crime was legally condemned. At this point, what becomes fascinating to me is how a fraternal feeling overcomes that supremacy of law; “women all go through the same things” said Mrs. Hale in an attempt to justify Mrs. Wright. Although they were subdued to a patriarchal conception, they endeavored to establish the way things should be.<br />I consider every line has an implicit critique to this chauvinist society briefly mentioned by Susan; a Mrs. Wright, whose years passed leaving a sad atmosphere, a Mrs. Peters who is forced to “be married to law”, and a Mrs. Hale that wonders why their worries are less important than men’s. These characters are the beginning of a fight for equal rights<br />Angela Dueñezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853484276063835756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-19629216821937996992013-10-28T15:58:48.270-05:002013-10-28T15:58:48.270-05:00TRIFLES
This Glaspell’s play shows us that the dan...TRIFLES<br />This Glaspell’s play shows us that the danger is in the details, that the tracks will be always the smallest and the more insignificant stuff those what we perceived as unimportant and irrelevant those that are defined as “Trifles”. I really like when the author can find just a short word or a name as title to sum up the whole story but without anticipating the facts, inviting us to look for the relationship between title and the story in itself. Besides, this play based on real facts is a clear evidence of the social genre difference problems, in which the women just for being women were not intelligent and the men just for being men were superior to them; ignoring, refusing and catching women’s abilities in order to have the most powerful roles in our societies.<br />Moreover, we can recognize that at the moment in which a couple got married at that period, the men thought that his wife was already his possession and according to historical facts, just a little part of women were conscious and fought for their rights. What is true is that it was really hard being a woman at that time but sadly, nowadays the situation is not completely different. Controversially, we are aware that some women are who encourage this situation, even we can see mothers who say to their daughters that they have to meet all what their husbands need, like preparing special food for him and wash their clothes every day, even if these women have to work too. <br />To finish, I would like to underline that we have to look for a genre equality, sharing feminist ideas and explaining what feminism is about, understanding that what feminist wants is the EQUALITY between men and women, in rights, opportunities, payment and basis. The real feminist politics never will try to underestimate the masculine role in our society; fortunately, they are people who had gotten this idea about feminism. This is why, there are men who say that they are feminist, but maybe some women want to take vengeance, because of, women underestimation and perceived in the word “feminism” a solution to disrespect them, ignoring that men can complement our lives being our friends or being our lovers.<br />“Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.” George Carlin<br />Maryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15378770459058333637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131170244545446682.post-53016759911744162212013-10-28T10:45:33.054-05:002013-10-28T10:45:33.054-05:00Talking about my experience reading TRIFLES, I can...Talking about my experience reading TRIFLES, I can say that the play caught totally my attention because when I started to read, I immediately wanted to know the end. It relates the murder of John Wright, who unfortunately did not have a happy and perfect marriage with his wife, who has been accused of killing him. It is terrible and the most incredible is that this happens frequently in our society. Without doubt, I thought that for a long time that kind of situations have been revolutionizing our world in reference to the families. In fact, this kind of plays represents or reflects the harsh reality in humanity without love, lacking peace, patience, kindness, goodness, or faithfulness.<br />Sincerely, sometimes I got lost reading it. In fact, at the beginning it was not easy for me to understand the whole play and I remember that I was so confused because when I started to read I tried to be concentrated in the characters and after I forgot who was who and so on. Fortunately, at the end I was able to comprehend. In addition to this, there were unknown words and expressions that is why it was necessary for me it read for many times trying to get the general idea. It was a really good experience because I had the opportunity to learn more vocabulary and expressions with the objective to improve my English.<br />I guess that the action took place in the rural area, it was a beautiful and calm place, beautifully designed to give its residents space and realistic natural habitats to live in, But in that place was living a family with a lot of problems living there. Susan Glaspell tried to describe to Mrs. Wright as woman isolated, depressed, angry and sad woman. She never had the opportunity to be a mother, for that reason she did not have motives to live. She did not want a divorce; she preferred to kill her own husband.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568007423120034368noreply@blogger.com