Trifles | One Act Play by Susan Glaspell| NEB Class 11 | Compulsory English | Literature | By Balram

Trifles | One Act Play by Susan Glaspell| NEB Class 11 | Compulsory English | Literature |

Main characters:

1. Minnie Wright (formerly Minnie Foster): The central character, though she does not appear on stage. Her actions and the state of her home are central to the plot.

2. John Wright: Minnie's husband, whose murder is the central mystery of the play.

3. Sheriff Henry Peters: The local sheriff investigating John Wright's murder.

4. Mrs. Peters: The sheriff's wife, who becomes sympathetic to Minnie's plight.

5. Mrs. Hale: The wife of the neighboring farmer, who, along with Mrs. Peters, discovers crucial evidence about Minnie’s life.

6. George Henderson: The county attorney, who is focused on gathering evidence to solve the murder case.

"Trifles" by Susan Glaspell is a one-act play that centers on the investigation of a murder in a rural farmhouse. The male characters—Sheriff Peters, County Attorney Henderson, and farmer Lewis Hale—search for evidence to convict Mrs. Wright of killing her husband, John Wright. Meanwhile, the women—Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters—accompany them and begin to piece together the story of Mrs. Wright's life through seemingly insignificant household items, or "trifles."

As the women examine the kitchen, they discover signs of Mrs. Wright's unhappy life, including a broken birdcage and a dead canary with a broken neck. They realize that the bird's death was likely the last straw that led Mrs. Wright killed her husband, who had been emotionally abusive. The women choose to hide the evidence, sympathizing with Mrs. Wright's situation, while the men remain oblivious to the true motive behind the crime.

The play highlights themes of gender roles, the marginalization of women's experiences, and the idea that what is dismissed as trivial can be of great significance.

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