“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell 1. a one-act play by Susan Glaspell (1916 년 초연 )Susan Glaspell 2. 실제 사건에 기초 - the murder of John Hossack by his wife. 3. “women are used to worrying over trifles.” – Hale 4. 초기 페미니즘 극 (an example of early feminist drama) -Sympathy of women vs. coldness & emotionlessness of men intuitiveness vs. Rationality empathy, solidarity vs. law 5. Characters 1) George Henderson, the County Attorney 2) Henry Peters, SheriffSheriff 3) Lewis Hale, A neighboring farmer 4) Mrs. Peters, the Sheriff's wife 5) Mrs. Hale (originally played by Susan Glaspell)Susan Glaspell 6) John Wright, the murdered 7) Minnie Wright, suspect of her husband's murder
Symbols in “Trifles” 1. 여성적 공간의 상징 - 부엌 (Kitchen as a women’s sphere) 2. 억압당한, 죽음의 상태에 처한 여성의 상징 – 새장에 갇힌 후 죽은 새 (a body of the caged bird) 3. Minnie 가 처한 냉혹한 현실 – 차가운 기후 (The cold weather) 4. Minnie 의 영혼의 죽음 - 깨지는 과일주스 병 (M’s preserve jars broken) 5. 모두 드러난 엉망인 부엌 – Minnie 의 정신적, 육체적으로 황폐한 삶 상징 6. 바느질 도구, 누비이불 (sewing things & quilt) – 여성적 치유의 상징 7. 억압과 해방, 죽음과 삶의 이중적 상징 - Rope 8. Double ego – Minnie as a victim and an injurer
Key Points in “Trifles” 1. Female vs. Male 2. Marriage 3. Morality of the two women, who hid a kind of evidence 4. “The Angel in the house” 5. “full of little trifles, the insignificant, the happy, daily trifles that had made up her life.” (from “The Legacy” by V. Woolf) 6. “There would be no one to live for her during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination.” 7. (from “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin)
; 어떻게 남자가 여자를 보는지를 반영 사전적인 의미는 사소한 것, 가치가 없 는 것 “Women are used to worrying over trifles” [Trifles] 남자들은 살인의 단서를 찾기 위해 노력하지 만 정작 남자들이 어리석다고 여기는 ‘ 여자들이 관심을 가지는 것 ’ 에서 여자들이 사건의 키를 알아냄