Element of SYMBOLISM in Trifles by Susan Glaspell

Symbolism is a reaction against materialism, scientism, whose triumphant literary form in the nineteenth century naturalism: it is accused of failing to propose a mechanistic view of man and the universe, enclosed in a description objective. This is contrary to the suggestion that these young poets who endeavor still share the pessimism of romanticism disillusioned Charles Cros, , Jules Laforgue be called Decadent first to greet Verlaine, who liked the word, their figurehead, then accept to be united under the banner of Symbolism. The word is offered by Jean Moreas, which uses here the etymology of the word "symbol" ("throw together") to describe the analogy between this poem wants to establish the abstract idea and image to express it. (Heraldry: Sources, 146)

Susan Glaspell (1876 - 1948) was a bestselling novelist and playwright of the Pulitzer Prize winning. She was a founding member of the Provincetown Players, one of the most important collaborations in the development of modern drama in the United States. She also served in Works Progress Administration as Midwest Bureau Director of the Federal Theatre Project. His novels and plays are invested in developing the characters deep and sympathetic to understanding the "life" in its complexity. Although realism was the middle of her fiction, she was also greatly interested in philosophy and religion.

Multi-layered characters, it is not closed poly semy relied on mythological, religious, philosophical and aesthetic ideas, unknowable in its essence. Theory and practice of symbolism were closely connected with the idealistic philosophy of Kant, Schopenhauer, A., F. Schelling, as well as reflections on Nietzsche superman, stay "beyond good and evil." At its core symbolism merges with the Platonic and Christian conceptions of the world, having learned the romantic tradition and new trends. Not aware of the continuation of a particular movement in art symbolism carried a genetic code of Romanticism: the roots of symbolism - a romantic commitment to the highest principle, the ideal world. Pictures of nature, human acts, all the phenomena of our life meaningful to the art of characters not in themselves but rather as a reflection of the intangible provide, pointing to their secret affinity with them ",. Hence the new challenges of art, placed before the science and philosophy - closer to the essence of "real" through the creation of a symbolic picture of the world, to forge "keys of the mysteries." It is a symbol and not an exact science will allow a person to break through to the essence of an ideal world, to pass, , "from the real to real." A special role in understanding assigned poets as bearers of intuitive revelation, and poetry.

The idea of the play is based on the small things - the trivial - may accumulate with time to become serious issues that may develop to the commission of crime, as happened with the heroine of the play. The play begins in the kitchen of Ms. (Wright) at the home of her husband murdered Mr. (John Wright), ...