Trifles

Trifles

What are the first clues that allow viewers or readers of the play to re-construct the events that occured prior to the play's beginning?

Asked by
Last updated by Aslan
Answers 1
Add Yours

The first clues are in the play notes setting the scene before it starts. From text:

The kitchen in the now abandoned farmhouse of JOHN WRIGHT, a gloomy kitchen, and left without having been put in order—unwashed pans under the sink, a loaf of bread outside the bread-box, a dish-towel on the table—other signs of incompleted work.