Trifles Susan Glaspell
Bird Cage of a Marriage
In Susan Glaspell's play "Trifles" there is a lot of symbolism of the bird in reference to Minnie Foster. The bird symbolizes many things, the representation of the life that she once had, Minnie's non-existent children, and her transformation from being John's pet to being free. Living in a quiet farm house with no children, Minnie acquires a bird and treats it as her own child. When her husband supposedly wrings the bird's neck, Minnie returns the action to her husband, John Wright.
Minnie was like a bird, "come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself-real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and-fluttery." (1006) The other women talked of her role she used to play in the community, "I heard she used to wear pretty clothes and be lively, when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls singing in the choir." (1004) In this selection the "pretty clothes" (1004) represent the feathers of a bird. Minnie used to have pretty feathers, but now......
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