Read the excerpt from the play Trifles, by Susan Glaspell. 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? Women artists face difficult paths when pursuing careers. Women need to feel they are determining their own fate. Women are often expected to conform to roles set by society. Women often suffer great abuses in male-dominated societies.
After reading the excerpt from the play "Trifles", we can say that it contributes most to the following feministtheme:
C. Women are often expected to conform to roles set by society.
<h3>Themes in "Trifles":</h3>
Although most of the options presented in the question do have themes developed in the play, we must choose the one that better fits the excerpt we are analyzing here.
In the excerpt, the country attorney is criticizing Mrs. Wright for being a bad housekeeper. He expects a woman to take care of her home impeccably. Dirty towels are simply unacceptable.
The country attorney does not take into consideration that the <u>woman may not have wanted this life for herself</u>. That maybe she had other dreams and wishes. Or simply, that her life may have been so miserable that she did not feel like doing chores.
All that matters to him is that she does the duties that are expected from her. If she does not, it means she is worthless.
With the information above in mind, we can choose letter C as the best option for this particular excerpt.
In the dialogue, there should be a paragraph
break:
<span>A.
</span>after the word rain
Paragraph break is a line or indention which marks the
division between two paragraphs. This is used to emphasize an introduction of
ideas different from the ones stated beforehand.
