Marital discordance resulting in misanthropy : a case study of Mrs. Wright in Susan Glaspell's trifles

Abstract EN

This paper is a feminist approach to Susan Glaspell’s Trifles.

It handles the marital discordance which results in misanthropy.

Mrs.

Wright in this play is a woman who falls victim to the suppression and marginalization of her husband, Mr.

Wright.

The hard-hearted husband destroys her human feelings out of neglect, a matter that ends in killing her husband.

The subject is presented from a purely feminine perspective in that Mrs.

Wright’s character is fully revealed through the female characters’ reactions.

In fact, Trifles creates the impression that Glaspell is in full advocacy of women’s right to reach self-fulfillment away from any form of social dictations.

Matrimonial relationships must be compatible in order to enjoy a rather entertaining and continuous repose of mind.