Trifles
This one-act play by Susan Glaspell reminded me of the play The Crimes of The Heart which is a play in 1986 and it is a drama/ comedy play. The theme of killing one’s husband at the time was prominent.
The play on the names is quite evident: Trifles that were as far as they could be of trifles, Mr Right who was always wrong, and Minnie who played a huge factor. The setting of the kitchen was the crime scene.
The irony and sarcasm of the reversal of roles were epic. The bird could be the child arousing the protective nature of the parent, the only companion to find solace in confinement, or the projection of one’s self relating to the cage and loneliness. It was simply cause and effect.
Women are humans before they are assigned a gender as a female. So simply, you killed my loved one and I’ll find you and kill you the same way. I’d argue that if it was a man with similar circumstances, the result would have still been the same, given into consideration the matriarchal societies.
However, given the background of the author, the setting, and the age, it is understandable. The husband, Mr Right is an extreme case, but sadly, could have been the norm at the time.
