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11 months ago in Literary Theory , Literature By Latesha Abendroth
How can Susan Glaspell’s Trifles be interpreted through a psychoanalytic lens?
Trifles is often read through feminist and social perspectives.However, its silences, repression, and symbolic objects invite deeper analysis.I am interested in whether psychoanalysis adds interpretive value.
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By Arsh Khanna Answered 9 months ago
From my experience teaching Trifles, psychoanalytic readings are especially effective when focusing on repression and displacement. I have seen how the hidden emotions of Minnie Wright surface indirectly through objects rather than speech. I would recommend treating the domestic space as a psychological landscape shaped by isolation and unacknowledged trauma. Psychoanalysis helps explain not only Minnie’s act, but also the intuitive solidarity of the women, grounded in shared unconscious recognition.
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