Glaspells Trifles
... It was in 1916 that she wrote the play “Trifles” while she was working for the Des Moines Daily News. ... Glaspell also refers to trifles and the work of women a lot in this short story/ play. ... This was the basis and the inspiration for her play “Trifles” and the short story adaptation “A Jury of Her Peers”, which she was asked to write for the Provincetown Players in only ten days. ... Glaspell’s intent for this short story/play, “Trifles” was to tie the little things women worry about and do, in with the clues of the case, and why the men didn’t figure it out. The word trifles means things of little importance or value and she refers these to things in the story. ... One supporting point in this play are the trifles, the men disregard all the little things the women acknowledge. ... Glaspell’s “Trifles” was a very respected play and short story since it was written before women could serve on a jury.