The Deception of Trifles: Gender Roles in the Play by Glaspell

In the 19th century, women played a variety of roles and received treatments differently from women in American society. In the past men wanted women to fulfill their duties including cleaning and cooking. In the early years men did not allow women to find opinions or work outside the house. As today's society, women leave their homes to continue their work, express their thoughts and continue to play male roles from a young age. In the nineteenth century, men stereotyped that women were meaningless rather than thinking about kitchen and family problems using their own ideas.

Susan Glaspell 's play "Trifles" was written in 1916 and reflects the authors' concern about cultural gender and the role of gender. Susan Grass Pel's dramatic title "Triful" (click here to see a summary of the complete episode), of course women's concern is of course little or not important to the actual work of society of course trivial and not important It is considered as a problem. This is done by men. Graspel asks questions and this also includes questions from readers and viewers, the relative values ​​of male and female views and works, the establishment of a tense sensational drama, two different stories, the development of men and women Through. . But as Holstein told her article, Grasper's question is not necessarily about women's role in society but how to evaluate or evaluate knowledge and opinion in a particular context.

In the beginning of her article, Holstein wrote that Graspel's theater "trifle" is deceptive as it seems to be "simple, almost irrelevant" (282). On the surface, Trifles seems to be only a competitive role and prospects for women and men. This is, of course, part of the drama and is an important part. If Grasspell is not planning to script a social difference caused by a strict gender role, it will historically be inaccurate and irresponsible. Contributions are ignored and underestimated. Still, as Holstein did, people thought that Treffles is a deeper concept, that is, how we pursue the truth, how to interpret and explain it, and how to evaluate it . Normally, this process will be divided and divided as sex itself, but people should not think naturally that men and women claim a dominant belief in gender.