Susan Glaspells Trifles - The Sweetness of Revenge :: Trifles Essays

Sweetness of Revenge Susan Glaspells play, Trifles, seems to describe the last-ditch womens suffrage storey. No longer will men guard an upper hand against women after reading this story. Cleverness will be the key to retaining power from the men in this story. The one thing that charr are criticized for, the idea that women tend to look at the little provide instead of the whole picture, will be there air to victory. Two stories of penalize are told in this story, the revenge of suppression and revenge of being portrayed as unsophisticated, unintelligent women. First we have the story of Mrs. Wright and the struggles with her husband, John. Married women throughout history have been portrayed and played the persona as being inferior to the husband in marriage. This seems to be the contingency with Mrs. Wright. Even though Johns public image was passably respectable, it was obvious that behind close doors the story was different. There is evidence of call in this m arriage. First, the disco truly of the broken door leads me to conclude that John was very physical and anguished. Second, it is assumed that Mrs. Wrights husband had broke her canarys neck. The canary, which of course had to be batting caged, was represented as the old Minnie Foster herself. The canary is a beautiful, free spirited bird that had a sweet voice, as Minnie had at one time. This was the end of the line and Minnie Foster was astir(predicate) to be reborn. She would gestate up for all those abused and suppressed brook wives across the conception and makes the first final decision she had ever been allowed to make. The birds cage was her jail. The birds death was her freedom for the bunch of the bird was the fate of her husband. John was discovered with a rope tied around his neck, the freedom of a women who could no longer be held down. This was the first implementation of womens power in the story. The women at Mrs. Wrights home played an important role in the s tory as well. The professional detectives were busy about the house finding clues to indict Mrs. Wright in the murder case. They ridiculed the women in the house by putting them in their place as typical ladies, so worried about small things and useless ordeals. Mrs. Hale noted the stitches in the quilt to be erratically stitched as if something were wrong.