Susan Glaspells Trifles - Some Observations :: Trifles Essays

Trifles I would standardized to make three major points. Major 1 Since this is the first exercise weve read, the stage direction really caught my eye and I tended to consider it real seriously in determining the meaning of the work. The most obvious direction, which the probe by Parrish discusses, is that neither Mr. nor Mrs. Wright ever appear in the play, and Glaspell was the first to procedure this type of direction (which was later recognized as uniquely her own.) new(prenominal) important examples of the plays direction (not spoken lines) are ( ... she is brainsick now and looks fearfully virtually as she enters.) (Stops, his face twitches.) In a manner of returning to familiar things.) Glaspell uses this direction several times. (Silence then as if struck by a happy thought and relieved to overtake down bottom to everyday things.) (Mrs. Hale glances in a covert direction at Mrs. Peters.) (Pulling herself back.) this is an emotional direction, not a physical one G laspells decision to present Trifles as a play instead of its little story original form (titled A Jury of Her Peers) gives the reader an prospect to elate the action better than usual, and therefore get a clearer soul of the authors meaning. Major 2 What is the significance of preserves? I see the literal meaning, but what is Glaspell saying about a cleaning womans act of preserving things? The action in the play keeps going back to this jar of preserves (example if the jar gets too cold, it breaks preserves make a sticky mess they dont want to let Minnie distinguish the jars broke and are not preserved.) Major 3 Does anyone know about quilting? Im looking for more specific development on knotting vs. quilting? I think Glaspell is using this craft (and it is a way of expression like writing and painting) very subtly to get her message across, but I dont have enough information to see it, although I do see the significance of knotting and the knot around Mr. Wrights neck t hat killed him. Can anyone help?   Parrish writes in her essay that Glaspell wrote and produced many plays, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1931. It is interesting and meaningful to read sport because it finds yet another way for women to find and express their voices. Parrish states that Glaspells writing focused on womens desire for equality and acknowledgement in a mans world.