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Women of today have come a long way since the periods portrayed in the dramas "Trifles," written by Susan Glaspell, and "Doll House," written by Henrik Ibsen. In both dramas, the characters played by women were portrayed as nothing more than property which should be seen and not heard. This is typical of society in the late 1800's and early 1900's, which is the time setting in which these dramas take In the drama "Trifles," the male characters known as Henry Peters (sheriff) and George Henderson (county attorney) strut around like roosters making lewd, sexist remarks while investigating the murder of farmer John Wright. The two farm women, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, while forced to listen to such barbaric comments, actually end up solving the murder. Throughout the drama, the male characters are made to walk around the farm house looking for clues. Unfortunately, they do this from a male's point of view and are completely oblivious to the unseen environment around them.
The abuse seemed to reach its zenith when her husband killed her canary by ringing the bird's neck. Some of the most successful people in today's society are women. Through deductive reasoning, the women were able to figure out that John Wright's wife had been abused for many years. Society had a certain stigmatism about the women of the late 1800's. The women of today are more assertive and demanding than they used to be. There are many women today who are just as good if not better than their male counterparts. es sit silently conversing between themselves about the tragedy, and actually find clues to the hows and whys of the suspect without really looking. Nora's eyes open for what appears to be the firs!t time in her life, and she makes the decision to leave her life and family in search for a new beginning. With this, the reader begins to witness the blossoming of a flower. With this information, which the men do not share, they notice small insignificant looking items which appear to be out of place. With the passage of the right for women to vote and the women's movement of the late sixties and early seventies, women have deservingly "Come a Long Way Baby. The female characters in this drama are written to be very perceptive and understanding about what happens in everyday life in a country home, since they too are country homemakers. " --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This entire site protected by copyright. However, women of today would not put up with either one of these situations.
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