The Value of the Unimportant

Abdelhak 1 Sarah Abdelhak Professor Priscilla Dedeyn Lit 100 29 March 2005 <Tab/> The Value of the Unimportant <Tab/>Little things matter. Something of little importance or value is exactly how women are viewed in the early twentieth century, which is when the play took place. Susan Glaspell, the author of 'Trifles' uses the character John Wright, a farmer, to express the views of this time period by using him to …

…because of the bond that they have with being housewives and the filling of loneliness. Much like the men in the play if you dismiss the little things or "trifles" you will miss out on the big picture of things. Abdelhak 4 Work Cited Glaspell, Susan. "Trifles". The Bedford Introduction to Literature Reading Thinking <Tab/>Writing. Ed. Michael Meyer. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's Press, 2002. <Tab/>932-940