Introtuction Nowadays, Susan Glaspell (1876 – 1948) is being commonly referred to, as one of the most discursively significant American female-playwrights. This point of view is thoroughly justified, because it is not only that Glaspell did prove herself a prolific playwright/writer (she wrote eight full-length plays and nine novels), but she also succeeded in ensuring that, as a result of having been exposed to her literary/dramaturgic works, people are able to broaden their intellectual horizons. The validity of this suggestion can be illustrated, in regards to Glaspell’s one-act play Trifles , performed for the first time in 1916 at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts (Glaspell para. 1). The reason for this is that, being ahead of its time, this play is essentially about exposing the sheer fallaciousness of the patriarchal assumption that women happened to be intellectually inferior to men. As the play effectively illustrates, when it comes to paying attention to ‘trifles’ (seemingly insignificant details), women often prove themselves unsurpassable, which can be seen as the best proof of their analytical mindedness – something that in the early 20 th century used to be considered the exclusively masculine virtue. The play’s action takes place in the kitchen of Mr. Wright’s (the murdered husband of Mrs. Wright/Minnie) farmhouse. Even though the play’s script does not contain any specific references, in this respect, one can assume that the concerned action takes place during winter in one of the Midwest rural regions. In order for us to be able to realize the actual significance of the play’s themes and motifs, we will need to make a brief inquiry into what used to be the actual ‘world’ of Trifles. In this respect, it will be thoroughly appropriate to mention the following qualitative aspects of a rural living in the early 20 th century’s America, relevant to the play’s discursive significance: Social. Throughout the mentioned historical era, American society used to be gender-discriminative – as of 1916, women in America were not even allowed to vote (Carpentier 94).In its turn, this explains why in Glaspell’s play, the characters (three men and two women) strive to act in the manner fully consistent with what used to be assumed accounts for the social roles of the representatives of each sex. Religious . Throughout the same historical period, the country’s social realities used to be strongly affected by the religion of Christianity (Carter 580). This is the reason why there are a number of (explicit and implicit) religious undertones to how the play’s characters indulge in verbal exchanges with each other. Political. Even though the subject of politics is being seemingly excluded out of the play’s discursive context, this is far from being the actual case. The reason for this is that, due to its clearly defined feminist sounding, Trifles promotes the cause of women’s emancipation – the idea that in the early 20 th century was seen as a rather controversial one. Economic . When accessed from the economic perspective, Glaspell’s play will appear fully consistent with what used to be the era’s realities of one’s life on a farm. At the time, American farmers were highly ‘self-sustainable’, in the sense of