Trifles
This is the story of a death which circumstances are unclear that takes place in the early 1900.It is written by a woman, Susan Glaspell, whom concealed her identity when publishing this story. Why did the author hide her identity is clear to me, at the time women's rights were a controversial subject , therefore a woman writer would have been dismissed or ignored. That brings me to the realisation that the story is a metaphor for male and female relationships and that they affect happiness and lives, at that time.
It is the death of John Wright that is in question, and the fact that he’s wife did not hear him scream, gasp, or anything we he died by the rope around his neck next to her in their bed. Two separate parties observed the crime scene and searched for clues; one group was the men; the county attorney, the sheriff, and Mister Hale. The other was a group of two women only know by their married names; Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. The women were presented as quite meticulous and emotional, and the men seem to refute everything the wives say by being unimportant, thus trifles. The clues were mostly notice and disguised be the ladies when the men were away looking. They new he troubles of Mr. and Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Hale expressed an understanding of Mrs. Wright’s struggles. During the investigation the women where able to understand implicities, suffering that the men simply overlooked. The symbolism in the story is irrefutable; the canary that Mrs. Wright loved so had been killed is neck had been rung. Mr. Wright had taking all of her little joys away; the woman no longer sang, or wore pretty closes and did not go out anymore. She had, the women thought, put up with many things. In my interpretation, the sinning bird was just like Mrs. Wright, all it wanted was a little freedom but it was cooped up in its cage, also it seems that Mr. Wright is the cause of the bird’s death, “the last straw” I would say for Mrs. Wright. What happened next, a result of Mr. Wright’s controlling habits that took a toll on his wife’s mind threw the years. He killed her, therefore she returned the action. The women did not directly express this fact but, in my opinion, there comprehension of each other suffering threw there own relationships with their husbands seems to show the truth that neither Mrs. Peters or Mrs. Hale dare mention.
It is the death of John Wright that is in question, and the fact that he’s wife did not hear him scream, gasp, or anything we he died by the rope around his neck next to her in their bed. Two separate parties observed the crime scene and searched for clues; one group was the men; the county attorney, the sheriff, and Mister Hale. The other was a group of two women only know by their married names; Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. The women were presented as quite meticulous and emotional, and the men seem to refute everything the wives say by being unimportant, thus trifles. The clues were mostly notice and disguised be the ladies when the men were away looking. They new he troubles of Mr. and Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Hale expressed an understanding of Mrs. Wright’s struggles. During the investigation the women where able to understand implicities, suffering that the men simply overlooked. The symbolism in the story is irrefutable; the canary that Mrs. Wright loved so had been killed is neck had been rung. Mr. Wright had taking all of her little joys away; the woman no longer sang, or wore pretty closes and did not go out anymore. She had, the women thought, put up with many things. In my interpretation, the sinning bird was just like Mrs. Wright, all it wanted was a little freedom but it was cooped up in its cage, also it seems that Mr. Wright is the cause of the bird’s death, “the last straw” I would say for Mrs. Wright. What happened next, a result of Mr. Wright’s controlling habits that took a toll on his wife’s mind threw the years. He killed her, therefore she returned the action. The women did not directly express this fact but, in my opinion, there comprehension of each other suffering threw there own relationships with their husbands seems to show the truth that neither Mrs. Peters or Mrs. Hale dare mention.
I believe that the women lives, lives that did not seem their own, were determined by the lives the husband desired. In the early twentieth century relationship affected, lives and happiness but also, status, credibility, and the future. Perhaps it is has a feminist voice to it , but the story is full of symbolism , twist and turns , and is very interesting no matter how you interpret it.
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