Answer:
Through the conversations that Madeline shares with both her father and Emil, a courthouse employee.
Step-by-step explanation:
In The Inheritors, Susan Glaspell is successful in depicting a contrast between a traditional woman and a modern woman. She does so by showing these contrasts in the conversations that Madeline has with her father and Emil. The protagonist realizes what the difference is between a traditional woman, who tries to ignore and contain her instincts and feelings, and a modern, liberated woman who tries to live her own life and make her own decisions. This is especially clear to her when she thinks of her mother, and the choices that her mother made during her life.