In the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, she uses the literal definition of the word ‘trifle’ and develops the word into a concept of revealing the bigger picture through the women characters in the story. The definition of the word trifle has several different interpretations. As a noun the dictionary says that it can be “a thing of little value or importance” or as a verb in third person says “treat (someone or something) without seriousness or respect” (Webster 1966). Both of these book definitions are relevant to in this story.
The woman and the men in the play Trifles, have reverse stereotypes. Male characters are typically they ones who pay attention to detail, clues, and keep a watchful eye on anything that looks out of the ordinary. …show more content…
Male characters are typically they ones who pay attention to detail, clues, and keep a watchful eye on anything that looks out of the ordinary. Women characters are the people in stories who are the gossipers, kitchen cleaners, home bodies, and emotionally unstable people. “In the setting of the play, men stand for the rational, objective, professional world. Thus, the men's idea of justice follows the interpretation of the law without much consideration of emotional or psychological circumstances” (Brown 2011). Since the men in the play had a lack of emotional characteristics, this caused them to oblivious to all of the clues that were soon to detected by Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. In the play Trifles, roles are gender and stereotypical roles are acted out completely differently. “The men are mystified as to what could have motivated Mrs. Wright, but the women notice small things—the unkept house, the chaotic stitching on an otherwise evenly sewn quilt—and believe these provide clues to her mental state and the state of her marriage. To the men, the state of the house is nothing more than evidence of poor housekeeping; they are amused that women worry over mere "trifles" (Bryer 2010). The trifling clues that are revealed throughout the play by Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are the important pieces of evidences that the men were searching for during the entire
The woman and the men in the play Trifles, have reverse stereotypes. Male characters are typically they ones who pay attention to detail, clues, and keep a watchful eye on anything that looks out of the ordinary. …show more content…
Male characters are typically they ones who pay attention to detail, clues, and keep a watchful eye on anything that looks out of the ordinary. Women characters are the people in stories who are the gossipers, kitchen cleaners, home bodies, and emotionally unstable people. “In the setting of the play, men stand for the rational, objective, professional world. Thus, the men's idea of justice follows the interpretation of the law without much consideration of emotional or psychological circumstances” (Brown 2011). Since the men in the play had a lack of emotional characteristics, this caused them to oblivious to all of the clues that were soon to detected by Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. In the play Trifles, roles are gender and stereotypical roles are acted out completely differently. “The men are mystified as to what could have motivated Mrs. Wright, but the women notice small things—the unkept house, the chaotic stitching on an otherwise evenly sewn quilt—and believe these provide clues to her mental state and the state of her marriage. To the men, the state of the house is nothing more than evidence of poor housekeeping; they are amused that women worry over mere "trifles" (Bryer 2010). The trifling clues that are revealed throughout the play by Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are the important pieces of evidences that the men were searching for during the entire