Question

trifles
part a directions complete the following chart about trifles. add information about the
author or the selection. write your answer in the space provided.
about the author

1. author’s name
2. job after college
3. author’s husband
4. theater company she

helped start

1. what she often wrote about
2. most famous work
3. award she won

about the selection

1. idea for trifles
2. genre of fiction
3. setting of the story
4. number of acts
5. number of scenes
6. number of characters
7. character who first appears
8. conflict of the story

Explanation:

All details are based on verified literary facts about Trifles and its author, Susan Glaspell.

Answer:

About the Author

1. Author's name: Susan Glaspell
2. Job after college: Newspaper reporter
3. Author's husband: George Cram Cook
4. Theater company she helped start: Provincetown Players
5. What she often wrote about: Gender inequality, women's experiences, and small-town life
6. Most famous work: Trifles (one-act play)
7. Award she won: Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1931, for Alison's House)

About the Selection

1. Idea for Trifles: Based on a real 1900 murder case in Iowa that Glaspell covered as a reporter
2. Genre of fiction: One-act play (drama, feminist drama)
3. Setting of the story: A cold, messy farmhouse kitchen in rural Dickson County, Iowa, in the early 1900s
4. Number of acts: 1
5. Number of scenes: 1
6. Number of characters: 6 (John Wright, Minnie Wright, Henry Peters, George Henderson, Lewis Hale, Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale)
7. Character who first appears: Lewis Hale
8. Conflict of the story: The main conflict is the tension between male authorities dismissing women's "trifling" observations and the women uncovering the truth of Minnie Wright's motive for murdering her husband; additionally, the conflict between Minnie Wright's oppression and her act of rebellion.