‘Stubborn Husband, Stubborn Wife’ – Traditional Persian Tale
‘The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses’ – Bessie Head
An Interpretative Analysis
These three texts differ greatly in many ways. The dates of their composition are separated by many years and the social context in which they were written is greatly different. Trifles might be said to be a proto-feminist work in the way it describes the marriage of John and Minnie Wright, and in the way that Mrs Hale and Mrs. Peters understand why Minnie Wright killed her husband and conspire to keep the truth from the police in sisterly solidarity with Minnie Wright. ‘The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses’ is set in South Africa ...
