Trifles – by Susan Glaspell (1916)
A Doll’s House – by Henrik Ibsen (1879)
Although each play represents two vastly different times, there are common threads that weave these plays into the same fabric. The central character of each play represents a feminist appeal, in a defiant, uncompromising, masculine world. The characters of each work are ordinary people, frustrated by their social situations and their own sensibilities. They are characters who long for happiness but become entangled in everyday circumstances, thus limiting their lives.
Each play represents the feminine voice, struggling for identity in a masculine world, dominated by society’s patriarchal expectations.
Write a well-developed four or five-paragraph essay establishing a precise thesis in support of the above statement (as it applies to both plays).
