Written over a century ago, Trifles (1916) by Susan Glaspell remains a play relevant to society and culture, questioning the male patriarchy and its role in the twentieth century. The story begins in a Midwestern farmhouse, when a county sheriff and an attorney are questioning Mr. Hale and his wife, the neighbors who discovered the dead body of Mr. Wright. They believe Mrs. Wright is the murderer and as they continue to investigate, the attorney and sheriff make crude remarks

He saw a dance upon the leafy floor, Of four and twenty ladies, nay, and more. Eagerly he approached, in hope to learn, Some words of wisdom ere he should return. -Geoffery Chaucer, “The Canterbury Tales”. The Wife of Bath’s Tale  is one of the most iconic poems from The Canterbury Tales. It questions the role of women, in an era dominated by the patriarchal monarchy. As the narrator describes her previous marriages, she justifies her views through the tale of a disgraced

A tale of Pagan and Christian Identity