`Trifles` by Susan Glaspell

Formalist Criticism on "Trifles " by Susan Glaspell "Trifles " by Susan Glaspell written in 1916 is such an one act play which points out the miniature observing power of women whose careless trifle overservations are always overlooked by the men who think themselves to be more logical and intelligent that women in the male dominated parental society . The act is plotted in such a fashion that woman characters are shown very casual and they gossip about small matters of daily life to themselves but to the audience they are revealing great mystery of the

murder which were overlooked by investigating authority who inspect the matter according to their learned theoretical methods . The women concerned for `damaged fruit preserves , which are of no importance to the authority . `The left out bread out of its box ' is observed by the women as the suspicious act `The leted quilt , `the partially clean and partly messy tabletop , `the empty birdcage ' all are overlooked by the male person of the investigating team but these are matter of concerned for Mrs . Hale and Mrs . Peters . These later solve the mystery

The title of the play trifle ' refers much of thing that are miniature in size but incredibly big in terms of value . The men consider the intellectual observing power of women as trifle and egoistically they do not pay any attention to them that may lead to the discovery of great things . It is also implicit that the victim considers the bird as trifle and he strangle...