Trifles Visions of America Quotes

This famous line gives us the title of the play, and it also gives us a good idea of the rampant sexism of America at this time. At the time this play was first produced, women didn't even have the right to vote. Many men actually thought that women didn't have the mental capacity to make informed decisions. What do you think? How are things different in America? What remains the same?

These days, people sometimes romanticize farm life. It's easy when you sit in front of a computer all day to daydream about being outside a sunny farm with your friendly cows. But this line reminds us that life for a farming family in America's Midwest was filled with tons of hard work. Before machines took over, the agricultural system that kept this country fed was powered by the sweat and strain of tons of people.

Yeah, here we go. This line perfectly captures what America expected women to be at this time.

A good woman was a good homemaker... period. Women like Susan Glaspell challenged this idea by living lives outside of the traditional roles forced upon women by the male-dominated America of the time.