Author: mwololo samuel

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The oppression of the female gender in the society
The community has different myths and stereotypes on different genders on different genders. For example, the men are placed to in the top and respected positions in the society something, which is not the case with women gender. This is viewed as a way of limited the rights and liberty of women. “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell is an example of the major components of inequalities that are common in the society. We get to learn that Mrs. Wright and her better late half are enjoined in the different temperaments of society that incorporate gender inequalities. The men in the society undermine the women. From economic to social status, the women are viewed as weak and unable to perform best or better than the men are. “Trifles” portrays the real negative attitude of men towards women in the society and the ignorance that men have from realizing the minor or small things that are events of concern to the society in trying to view the situation of gender balance. Gender loss towards the women is conspicuous in the play as well as power dynamics. Men are stereotyped as successful, hardworking and ability to do things in a super way as opposed to the female gender who are viewed to be weak and delicate. Men are valued highly in the “Trifle” play with respected activities, powers, and positions in eth society. The women on the other end are left to accommodate small positions such as managing kitchens or family houses while the men provide for everything. The women in the story are left to take chances and in some cases, they gang up to protect one another. 
Looking at the murder riddle in the story, the men are seen to be in a high position and status of the mind than the women. They are wiser and they seem to know almost everything that the women do not know about the death of Mr. Wright. For example, in the story, we have this scenario whereby, Mr. Hale is seen disclosing his experience with the lawyer and his endeavors to persuade John to buy a phone for the second time whereby he is accompanied by his wife which makes John to make a different decision towards the carrying out of a business deal which portrays the power of women to men (Glaspell, 3). The audience sees Mr. Hale with a cruel attitude towards his better wife and being a husband who neglects and ignores the ideas of his wife and does not consider them in what he is doing. In short, the wife has nothing to do with Hales decisions (Glaspell, 2). Mr. Hale… “I do not want to ignore the topic and trying to do away with the discussion” and insist that his wife was not scared verbally. This expresses the feeling of the wife towards their discussion where the wife is seen to be scared in contributing in the discussion. This shows how women in the society including wives are not supposed to contribute views towards the men and they should shut as the men talk. In this case, Mr. Hale’s wife cannot communicate to the discussion but simply do it non-verbally. 
In this play, the men are not seen important of any importance to the men. We are able to see how his wife has left stranded Mrs. Wright in her business and she risks closing her business of fruit processing. The men in the discussion are seen to be in a disagreement with the women on support for the women and they seem to uniformly agree that only the men should be supported in their endeavors, which does not go on well with the women. This is something that terrifies the women in the play and they are very much worried. The women are not ready to accept that men are not willing to support them in whatever they are doing in the society. There is much ignorance for women in the society as well as disrespect for them. In other words, the role of women in the society is meaningless. Women are harassed irrationally in the play when they ask questions or confront the men. 
The main aim of the men in the play is to disregard the women and support the golden rule. The men go against the rule of treating each other fairly. They treat the women with threats. For example, we can see the County Attorney treating the housekeeper with threats and embarrassment after he kicks the kitchenware. It is a sign of disrespect to the women in the play. The men treat them in a manner that they would like them to be treated the same way. It is also a discriminatory form of treating the women. First, the house help is in the kitchen and doing house duties but then the County Attorney comes in and kicks the dishes. Who could do such a disrespectful act to another human being? Something that I see noteworthy in the play is the fact that no matter how much the women are disrespected in the society, they are uniform in their ideas.
We are also able to note the kind of oppression that their husbands treat women or wives. For example, in the play, we can see a miserable life of Mr. and Mrs. Wright in their marriage. The woman is isolated and restricted in marriage. For example, Mrs. Write used to sing and love a variety of her adorables, however, when she was married, things changed and she was no longer able to interact with her friends or even love the things that she used to. All this changed because the husband was too selfish and he never allowed her to do what she loves anymore. It is a sign that women were not happy in their marriages and they had no one to fight for their rights. They are forced to live isolated and in denial (Glaspell, 6). Generally, the mood in the society is to set the women in a somber mood. 
The mood of feeling neglected and oppressed in the society. The story is about the alienation that the women face in society in the hands of men as well as the patriarchal society. The man rules the society and the women’s voices are silenced (Glaspell, 527). For example, in the beginning of “Trifles” we notice a scenario whereby Mrs. Peter is so worried that the woman voice is silenced and the men do not recognize the contributions of the women in the society. The men in the society dismiss the women and the women are alienated and placed in a relatively lower social class than the men in the society place. The men are masculine in nature and the women are their subordinates (Glaspell, 570). It seems the life of the woman has been distorted by the men in the society and there is nothing the woman can do to help herself out of the “cage.”