The biography and critic of Susan Glaspell

Susan Glaspell was an American writer. She was made famous by the her strong and adamant view on Feminism. However, there's always a history behind a story told. Growing up in Iowa, she graduated in 1899. Upon her graduation, she find herself a job. Working as a journalist for Des Moines Daily News. She landed herself with a task. To write and report on a murder case. The case was about a man, John Hossack. He was axed while he was asleep on his bed. They suspected the wife to be the murderer. However, Glaspell went beyond what her job requires of her. She acted as a detective and started to investigate the case, in detail. However, the jury was not buying her words, and showed no interest in her report. That, I believe has agitated her. It prompted her to write. If we were to go through every piece of her work, you will notice how the feminist elements are so loud and clear. For example, Trifles. Trifles was published in the year of 1916. It was not a novel, but it is a drama. The play was based on the death of John Hossack. The female protagonist murdered her husband. However, there's a reason why she did that. From the play itself, we can see how insensitive the men are. They look beyond the tiny little details that most women would notice straightaway on the spot. Never did they realise that the small details that they were missing at, has contributed to the final judgement, on why the wife murdered her husband. From this play, we gathered clues about men. Men thinks that they are on the upper hands of the women, and that they are wise. But, Glaspell highlighted the facts that they are just plain arrogant and insensitive. 

Reference

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jglaspell.htm

-->  One may get a full version of Trifles from the link down below

        http://www.one-act-plays.com/dramas/trifles.html

# A short video of the play, Trifles