In conclusion, American Literature continually portrays women as worrisome and small minded. This portrayal leads men within the stories to believe women are not capable of making rational decisions. As a result, the women in American Literature are not allowed to make their own decisions. This responsibility falls to the male figure in a woman's life; this is most often her husband. A women is also expected to follow any commands given to her from ruling male. Susan Glaspell’s Trifles and Kate Chopin’s “The Story Of An Hour” both expose not only this ideal but also write stories exposing the results of this faulty treatment of women. Kate Chopin shows how the release of this treatment overjoys a woman. Susan Glaspell, however, uses Trifles
