Stereotypes and Stereotyping in Susan Glaspells Trifles :: Trifles Essays

Stereotypes in Trifles   I uniform this play quite a lot. Its got murder, mystery and deceit. Its interest that the play bases a lot on stereotypes. The men are the sheriff, deputy and the attorney sent out to discover the details of the murder of a objet dart found hanged in his bed. They look carefully in the bedroom and outside in the barn for clues and the women are sent in, I ring initially, to gather any(prenominal) things for Mrs. Wright. The women are mocked at by the men. Worrying about things like jelly freezing and sewing. Mrs. Hale Oh, her fruit it did freeze. She worried about that when it turned so cold. She state the fired go out and her jars would break Hale Well, women are used to worrying over trifles. They are not taken seriously. They are women and are not smart enough to understand the concept of solving a murder. The men forgot, its the little things that bother people the most and for Mrs. Wright, it must have been death of her canary. I think t he canary symbolized Mrs. Wright. Mrs. Hale describes her 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 and like a bird, Mrs. Wright even sang in a choir. But after she got married, every thing stopped. She didnt sing anymore or attend social functions. same(p) a bird, her house became her cage. The only happiness that she appears to have is with this bird. The bird probably sang when she could not. He was probably a companion to her, she had no children. And like her, he was also caged. Because we do not know, we can only guess that her husband killed her bird. If he killed the bird then he would have killed the only thing that was authorized to her. He killed her once when he married her and caged her in that house, and he killed her again when he destroyed her bird. No,. Wright wouldnt like the bird - a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that, too. When Mrs. Wright wa s used to its singing and her world became quiet again, it was too much for her take.