Question

COUNTY ATTORNEY (with the gallantry of a young politician). And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies? (The women do not unbend. He goes to the sink, takes a dipperful of water from the pail and, pouring it into a basin, washes his hands. Starts to wipe them on the roller-towel, turns it for a cleaner place.) Dirty towels! (Kicks his foot against the pans under the sink.) Not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies? The excerpt contributes most to which feminist theme?

Answer 1

I think that the excerpt above contributes most to the feminist theme that women are not just simply house maids and doers of household chores. They are not just for domestic work and can choose not to do those domestic work as what was originally expected of them.

Answer 2

The answer is: Women are expected to fulfill specific domestic obligations.

In the excerpt from "Trifles," by Susan Glaspell, the County Attorney makes a sexist remark by suggesting that women are only troubled by unimportant matters and are unsuccessful human beings if they do not perform properly as housekeepers. Thus, he represents the typical chauvinist man in a society dominated by men, who believes women are supposed to execute domestic chores.