I love this play. The women figure out the crime while the men pretend they know how to investigate. This reminds me of "Murder, She Wrote."
The coolest is that people who were in jail at that time got to have some comforts of home brought to them in their cells.
Anyway, I like the way all the little pieces--the trifles--fit together to show us what happened. The policeman's wife faces a real dilemma and makes a difficult choice. And the last line is so ironic. Funny.
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Trifles Study Guide & Essays
Susan Glaspell wrote Trifles in 1916, basing this brief, one-act play on the murder of the sixty-year-old John Hossack, which she had covered extensively during her stint as a journalist with the Des Moines Daily News after her graduation from Drake University. She traveled to the scene of the crime…
Trifles study guide contains literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
- Short Summary
- About Trifles
- Character List
- Glossary of Terms
- Major Themes
- Quotes and Analysis
- Summary and Analysis of Part I
- Summary and Analysis of Part II
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