Is Trifles a Feminist Play?

Despite its early publication date, Susan Glaspell's Trifles (1916) can be regarded as a work of feminist literature

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Feminist literature is fiction, nonfiction, drama, or poetry, which supports the feminist goals of defining, establishing, and defending equal civil, political, economic, and social rights for women.
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. The play depicts the life of a woman who has been suppressed, oppressed, and subjugated by a patroniz- ing, patriarchal husband.

Why is Trifles called a feminist drama?

Susan Glaspell's one-act play called Trifles can best be described as a feminist drama. ... The idea that women's wants and needs were entirely overlooked by men, particularly husbands, is evident as Hale says, “I didn't know as what his wife wanted made much difference to John” (Glaspell).

What type of drama is Trifles?

Drama, Mystery, Parable

It's a piece of literature written mostly in dialogue that's never fully realized until it's brought to life by actors in front of an audience. This play also happens to be a mystery. Sure, it's pretty obvious from the beginning that Mrs. Wright killed her husband.

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