Trifles

The story Trifles by Susan Glaspell is a very intersting and mysterious story. In the story a man named  Mr. Wright was killed while he was sleeping next to his wife. Next his wife was taken to a police custody for the investigation but she did not tell anything. Then a few people went to Mr. wright’s house to investigate the murder. through out the story investigators found many clues. one of the best clue they found was the bird cadge with a broken door that led to a dead bird a preety box but they didnt find anything again Mr. wright’s wife.

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Professor Rosen

I signed up for the drop box and uploaded my Trifles essay twice and I still dont see it.  Professor did you get it?

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thesis statements and outlines

In-class thesis statement revision and sample outline:

Through analysis of this drama it can be determined that This dead canary, what would be a small detail to the men, helps  the women understand that Mrs. Wright committed the murder as well as offers insight into the mitigating circumstances for the homicide.

• The word trifles and the article
• How the women find the canary and how they make sense of it
• Women don’t suspect Mrs. Wright at first, then they uncover her motive
• How the men would have treated it—why the women hide it from them
• Mitigating circumstances–explained

The most important detail that Susan Glaspell adds in the play is the dead bird with a strangled neck.  It reveals the motive for the murder to the women, but sadly it is overlooked by the men.

• Women’s understanding of Mrs. And Mr. W’s relationship
• Mr. Hale’s observations/opinions—leads to how the men view the detail about the relationship as not important—think about Fisher’s comments about the attorney’s dismissiveness
• Discuss the motive and how the women make sense of it
• Final moments in which the bird is hidden, etc

According to Fisher, the preserves “seem to symbolize not only the entire state of Mr. and Mrs. Wright’s marriage (first, deceptively sweet, and protected; now broken and decaying), but also how the men and women act in response to it” (the men ignoring the mess completely; the women, on the other hand, pondering not only how it got broken, but how they can salvage what’s left of it (45) .

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Log Cabin Quilt

If you’re interested in seeing a log cabin quilt, look here.  This site includes some interesting history about quilting that might help you understand what the women refer to in Trifles.

This site shows a number of different variations on the log cabin quilt.

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Drama Essay Assignment

Now that we have finished reading Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles and Jerilyn Fisher’s article “Women Righting Wrongs”  Morality and Justice in Susan Glaspell’s Trifles (1916),” we are ready to write about it.  If  you have any questions about the Drama Essay Assignment, please feel free to use the blog as a forum for questions and concerns.

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Trifles Response

I found the drama to be just that very dramatic. It reminded me of a literary version of the game “Clue”. I found the plot to be very engaging. The language used to describe the apparent murder is very descriptive. The sarcastic language used by some of the characters such as Mrs Peters when she refered to the manner of death using the word “rigging” adds color and flavor to the story. I liked the title of the play as well. I didn’t know what a trifle was so I looked it up and it referred to a dessert. A sponge cake that is soaked in rum or brandy topped with preserves  of some sort. That definition helped me to understand the story that much more.

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The play Trifles

The play “trifles” was kind of a mystery. The way the two wives found clues in the house where a crime has happen was amazing. Throughout the whole story I was in suspense wondering what was going to happen next.

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Susan Glaspell’s _Trifles_

The first reading for our course, Trifles, by Susan Glaspell, is in the text book, Literature:  A Portable Anthology, starting on page 958.  If you do not yet have the text book, you can still read the play here.  However you choose to read the play, you must 1-bring a copy of the play to class on Wednesday, either by bringing the text book or by bringing a printout from the online source, 2-spend approximately 20-30 minutes after reading to write yourreading response on the blog, and 3-comment on someone else’s post with a well thought-out reply.

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