Research paragraph

Rongfeng Li

09/15/2021

TA 1160

Historical Significance for Trifles - mini paragraph

Susan Glaspell is an American playwriter, journalist, actress, and novelist. With her husband George Cram Cook, she founded the Provincetown Players, the first modern American theatre company. In "Trifles", Mrs. Peters said, "The law must punish crime." Mrs. Hale rebuked herself for not visiting her neighbor Minnie. It was her own crime. She cried out: "Who will punish this crime?" When she said this, I could feel that she felt powerless and helpless about the outcome of the event. (Glaspell online) Li 1 No--it's not cheerful. I shouldn't say she had the homemaking instinct. MRS. HALE: Well, I don't know as Wright had, either. The county attorney and Mrs. Hale had a dispute over understanding family happiness. Henderson believes that women bear full responsibility for the family field, which is the result of Mrs. Wright’s incompetence. (Glaspell online)