Read Trifles by Susan Glaspell and the Modern Theater Guide
Post your response of 200-300 words.
1. How do the approaches of the men investigating the death differ from the women’s approach? What do these differences reveal about them?
2. What is the attitude of the men in the story toward the women?
3. Putting together all the signs in the play, what conclusions can you draw about who killed Mr. Wright and about the killer’s motive?
4. Explain the examples of both verbal and situational irony in the play. Glaspell changed the title of the play, Trifles, when she wrote the short story, “A Jury of Her Peers.” Which title to you consider more appropriate? Why