trifles

A Critical Discussion 1

Running Head : CRITIQUE OF SUSAN GLASPELL 'S TRIFLES

A CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF THE PLAY

TRIFLES

BY SUSAN GLASPELL (Your Name (Your University

A Critical Discussion 2

ABSTRACT

This is a critical discussing Susan Glaspell 's one act play Trifles ' It looks into the text and context of the play and discusses two literary elements that the author uses in the play . The discussion will include analysis on the form and content of the play

A Critical Discussion 3

INTRODUCTION AND CRITIQUE ON FORM p

Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex , when , in fact , men are insultingly supporting their own superiority (Mary Wollstonecraft

This powerful one act play by Susan Glaspell is easily and clearly feminist . Then again , that would be jumping the gun . As is with any other criticism of a literary piece , one starts with the basics of the written text or manuscript , or its form , before one even tackles the content or substance in the piece It is a temptation to choose just two literary element in the piece to zero in and discuss , however , this brilliant piece of literature deserve more than just a nit picking of one or two literary elements , but rather , a seamless discussion of its form and content collectively . We shall begin then by paying closer attention to the piece 's form

The piece is an outstanding literary gem , and succeeds as a one act play...