Glaspell, Trifles
1. Consider the first scene: the order people enter and speak, the actions ascribed to them by Glaspell. What hierarchies are established?
2. What do we learn about Minnie Wright just from the stage set?
3. What is the significance of: the cage, the bird; Mrs. Hale fixing the stitching?
4. The women's language is important (see how the men react to it); how do you feel about the gender roles exhibited through language in this play?
5. How do the women and the men perceive of justice at the beginning of the play? at the end?
6. Why do you think the women conceal evidence? do you think they are right (morally, not legally) to do so?
