The American Psyche of the 1900s: A Nation in Disappointments

The American Psyche of the 1900s: A Nation in Disappointments

There is a psychological mind frame that persists where the American dream is pursued. Disappointments are a part of American life, both in the 1900s and today. In Glaspell’s Trifles and William’s The Glass Menagerie, each character in society portrays the American Psyche and different methods to cope with disappointments. From the disillusionments of war to the unrealistic expectation of parental units, both works display issues of the psychological mind in 1900 American Literature. Multiple perspectives of coping show how the psyche reacts to lack of feminism and failed expectations; responding to the struggles is unique and defines the crushed Modernist mind of the 1900s.