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{{Large|Notes on Susan Glaspell’s ''Trifles'' (1916)}} {{C19|33}}

===Questions===
# What does ''Trifles'' say about men? About women? About the ways in which they act toward each other? In how many different ways does Glaspell touch on this theme? (Notice the speech patterns of the men and the women. How do they differ? What themes and concerns do you hear from each?)
# Discuss the use of “trifles” in the play.
# Discuss the characterization of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. How are they contrasted in the early part of the play? What happens to them during the course of the play?
# With which of the characters in this play do your sympathies lie? Why? To what extent do you approve of their actions?

===Bibliography===
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* {{cite book |last=Ben-Zvi |first=Linda |date= |title=Susan Glaspell: Her Life and Times |url=https://archive.org/details/susanglaspellher0000benz |location=New York |publisher=Oxford UP |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }}
* {{cite journal |last=Ben-Zvi |first=Linda |authormask=1 |title='Murder She Wrote': The Genesis of Susan Glaspell's ''Trifles'' |url= |journal=Theatre Journal |volume=44 |issue= |date=1992 |pages=141–62 |access-date= |ref=harv }}
* {{cite journal |last=Hedges |first=Elaine |title=Small Things Reconsidered: 'A Jury of Her Peers' |url= |journal=Women's Studies |volume=12 |issue= |date=1986 |pages=89–110 |access-date= |ref=harv }}
* {{cite book |last=Hinz-Bode |first=Kristina |date=2006 |title=Susan Glaspell and the Anxiety of Expression: Language and Isolation in the Plays |url= |location=Jefferson, NC |publisher=McFarland & Co. |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }}
* {{cite book |last=Makowsky |first=Veronica A. |date=1993 |title=Susan Glaspell's Century of American Women: a Critical Interpretation of Her Work |url=https://archive.org/details/susanglaspellsce0000mako |location=New York |publisher=Oxford UP |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Malpede |editor-first=Karen |date=1985 |chapter=Susan Glaspell |title=Women in Theatre |url=https://archive.org/details/womenintheatre0000malp/page/146/mode/2up |location=New York |publisher=Limelight |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }} An introduction and an essay by Glaspell about ''Trifles''.
* {{cite journal |last=Mustazza |first=Leonard |title=Generic Translation and Thematic Shift in Susan Glaspell's ''Trifles'' and 'A Jury of Her Peers' |url= |journal=Studies in Short Fiction |volume=26 |issue= |date=1989 |pages=489–96 |access-date= |ref=harv }}
* {{cite book |last=Noe |first=Marcia |date=1983 |title=Susan Glaspell: Voice of the Heartland |url=https://archive.org/details/susanglaspellvoi00noem/mode/2up |location=Macomb, Illinois |publisher=Western Illinois University |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }}
* {{cite book |last=Rajkowska |first=Bárbara Ozieblo |date=2000 |title=Susan Glaspell: A Critical Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/susanglaspellcri00ozie |location=Chapel Hill |publisher= University of North Carolina Press |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Trudeau |editor-first=Lawrence J. |date=1999 |chapter=Susan Glaspell |title=Drama Criticism |url=https://archive.org/details/dramacriticism00lawr_1/page/144/mode/2up |location=Detroit |publisher=Gale Research International |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }} This reference work has various excerpts and essays about Glaspell.
* {{cite book |last=Waterman |first=Arthur E. |date=1966 |title=Susan Glaspell |url=https://archive.org/details/trent_0116301748483 |location=New York |publisher=Twayne Publishers |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }}
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