Male Dominance

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Male Dominance:
Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles” and Hendrik Ibsen’s “A Doll House”
(A Comparison and Contrast)
Introduction
Literature is one of the greatest media by which humans are able to retell their own history. Most of the historical figures and situations are portrayed in plays and stories. Indeed, this type of portrayal in terms of how women were viewed during the early days can be seen in both Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles” and Hendrik Ibsen’s “A Doll House”
More often that not, men are considered to be more powerful than women which gives them higher positions and roles while women are given lighter and lesser roles to play or perform. Women are given roles but it has been constantly changing though, from being ta simple housewife up till they are allowed to come out and take up higher positions and heavier responsibilities.
Trifles
Trifles is a play written by Susan Glaspell which tells the tale about the death of John Wright and the investigation that precedes his death. Investigators are called into action and they quickly suspect that the murderer is the victim’s wife, Minnie. It would go on with the investigators searching in and around the house, from the bard to the bedroom. The places they search looking for evidences are places where the man has been and where he feels dominant. They ignore the kitchen thinking that they would not be able to find any evidence there.
Minnie’s friends, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale's, find themselves wanting to help their friend in time of need. This presents itself when they find the dead canary wrung by its neck the same way that John Wright did. The rest of the story centers around women trying to decide whether or not to help their friend by hiding the evidences against her or confessing their knowledge to the officials thus by turning their friend in. They do not do the latter and get away with hiding the evidences for the men in the play did not consider the kitchen to be an important place to look in.
A Doll House
A Doll House on the other hand is a play concerning husband and wife, their sacrifices, secret forges and ultimately truth leading to the main character’s decision to be free of her husband.
The play is set on a Christmas. The play starts with Nora preparing herself and the house for a ball. Both she and her husband are excited for the next year because Torvald has been given a higher position in the bank where he is working. This means better living condition and freedom from debt in which she has acquired years ago when Torvald was sick.
The play goes on with the entrance of other characters. She is then thrown into a chaos of blackmails regarding the forgeries she has done to be able to acquire the loan. The condition for the bribery is that she helps one of Torvald’s colleague maintain his job. Nora does what she is told and tries to convince...