Trifles

March 15 , 2007

Trifles

Trifles ' by Susan Glaspell

Trifles ' by Susan Glaspell will continue to be popular with audiences 100 years from now because the themes will still be relevant These themes include isolation , mistreatment , gender issues , and trial by jury . Most members of an audience today would not be able to relate to the setting of the play , especially since the play was written nearly 100 years ago and takes place in a rural area . However , the audience can relate to the characters and the situations they find themselves in

br because the problems they face are problems that people frequently face today . Since these problems will be present in the future as well , the play will have a lasting popularity

Even with advances in communication technology , there will be isolation in the future as Mrs . Wright was isolated , which will help this play endure . In Trifles ' the women suggest that Mrs . Wright 's isolation may have contributed to her motive for killing her husband . The Wright household does not even have a telephone and her friends did not come to visit her . Mrs . Hale did not visit because It never seemed a very cheerful place ' Later , she says , Oh , I wish I 'd come over here once in a while ! That was a crime ! That was a crime ! Who 's going to punish that ' and She seems partially to blame herself for the murder because she let Mrs . Wright be so isolated . Glaspell explains this theme perfectly when Mrs . Hale says , We live close together and we live far apart ' Although they were neighbors , they did not socialize and had not seen each other in more than one year . Although it is easier to stay in contact with people now due to advances like the telephone , email and the Internet , involuntary isolation will still be a problem in the future

Trifles ' will also be popular in the future because people will continue to mistreat others as Mr . Wright mistreated his wife by being cruel and killing her canary . The women discuss the changes in Mrs Wright that took place after she married Mr . Wright . Mrs . Hale says of Mrs . Wright before she got married , She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively , when she was Minnie Foster , one of the town girls singing in the choir . But that--oh , that was thirty years ago ' In addition Mrs . Peters says , I wish you 'd seen Minnie Foster when she wore a white dress with blue ribbons and stood up there in the choir and sang ' Since she married Mr . Wright , however , she had changed significantly . She did not have any children or socialize with anyone so she became withdrawn and quiet . Mrs . Hale says of Mrs . Wright , She - come to think of it , she was kind of like a bird herself - real sweet and pretty , but kind of timid and - fluttery . How - she - did - change ' This shows that Mrs . Wright used to be carefree , but Mr Wright changed...