I was excited to find out that we were going to read Trifles because I really enjoyed it when I had the chance to read it in high school.
I like the way the writer makes you feel sympathy for a woman who has, allegedly, done something so wrong. When I first read this the class had to perform a mock trial and it was very hard to look at just the facts and evidence when prosecuting her without considering your own feelings. I guess in the time that this play is set in, it was easier for a man to look at a woman as an object that is to be seen and not heard.
I don't know if I see your point with how a woman could be seen and not heard. Maybe I am misunderstanding. I think the playwright just gave us alot of the text write in front of us and let the reader really decide who we would care about the evil murderer, or the even worse victim that pushed her to this crime. I think the anti- hero really has changed and the period of time really does make the play.
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