Trifles

Trifles Sitting Alone in Thought The truth about male and female relationships really comes to life by author Susan Gaspell in “Trifles”. Gaspell examines male and female relationships, how a controlling spouse, and lack of communication can lead to the deterioration in relationships, which inevitably leads too a woman seeking change in her life. Gaspell shows that some relationships are not warm and loving, but are dominated by a controlling spouse. The Author makes you feel that all John wanted to do was control someone’s life, exactly as he had been doing to Minnie. He controlled her life to the extent that he would not allow her to even have a “party telephone” (952) placed in their home, this would have allowed her access to the outside world, and he did not want that. It was apparent that John did not allow Minnie to have a social life, as she once had when she was Minnie Foster, the woman that sang in the “choir” (956). Minnie was isolated from the rest of the world; their house was “down in a hollow” (958) unable to be seen from the road. There house was a lonesome place trifles, mrs, minnie, life, gaspell, peters, john, communication, even, wright, lack, just, hale, controlling, shows, mr, 956, relationship, ones, husband, deterioration, bird, 960, spouse, little, lead, change, been, years, relationships, place, feel, 959, wanted, very, really