The patriarch dominance in Susan Glaspell’s Trifles

Abstract EN

A wide category of women all over the world suffer from patriarch dominance.

till now, some men believe that women are granted their female identity by virtue of the women‟s relation to men rather than through their inherent qualities as females.

the men, accordingly, have the domination which is characterized, to certain extent, by violence or threat of violence.

patriarchy is a system controlled by powerful men in which women, children and even nature are dominated by them.

in susan glaspell‟s “trifles” (0906), the men have this assumption and that what this research chooses to shed light on.

the research takes the following order, it firstly gives a brief account of the definitions of patriarch as it is tackled by different writers.

then, a survey of the development of american family and how the theme of patriarchy is rooted in the structure of the family.

the analysis of the trifles according to the selected theme is coming afterwards.

the conclusion sums up the findings of the research.