Loneliness In Susan Glaspell's Minnie Foster Home

desire of revenge . In fact Minnie lives in isolated house in the country alone with her husband Mr. Wright who does not allow her to do any activity "In the now abandoned farm house of John Wright "(). In fact Minnie is a barren woman has no children as Ben-Zvi asserts that " Minnie Foster is a lonely childless woman , married to the taciturn husband , isolated from neighbors because of rigors of farm life"(153) so Minnie Foster house isolated her from the outer world as it is in "the hollow and you do not see the road " (). Thus the play location plays a major role in her loneliness condition. Mrs. Hale does not prefer to go to such house despite her desires to visit Minnie " I dunno what it is but it is a lonesome place and always be "(). Susan Glaspell's heroin Mrs. Wright suffers from isolation and loneliness not only on the physical level but on the psychological level. she lives in her own world which separates her from provocative world her soul is trapped in a cage .Accordingly " women were …show more content…
In addition, to the rural life is also regarded as one of the main factor which leads to loneliness and isolation of women from social condition "the desolate form house in trifles becomes symbolic of protagonist emotional repression and alienation "(Carpentier , 69). Actually , Minnie Wright is surrounded by painful, stressed circumstances either from her husband or from her society. Although these miserable condition ,Minnie Wright tries to plow her anger into something positive like quality, looking after her bird or even work in the farm .As Mrs. Hale indicates that "there is a great deal of work to be done on a farm "() thus Minnie has her hard work in the farm which occupies most of her time .She expresses her deep concern about her fruits even in the period of investigation which reflect her psychological