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Susan Glaspells Trifles shows the male-female relationships of this time period through the investigation of Mr. Wrights murder. The drama takes place in the Wrights house as the hands of the play, the county attorney, the sheriff, and Mr. Hale, search for evidence to the motive of the murderer. However, the clues which would lead them to a distinct cause are never found by the work force. instead it is the females in the play who discover the evidence consumeed, and they are suitable to do so because of their gender.
According to Mrs. Peters, every(prenominal) the male investigators need to find is, a motive; something to show anger, or--sudden feeling (1370). However, the men never see the less than great sewing on a quilt Minnie Wright has been working on before the murder. Because the stitches are uneven and overall not good, this quilt becomes a token of Minnies anger and agitation. The men however, laugh at the womens observations and venture about the quilt. To them the quilt is of very curt importance and has little to do with the investigation.

            Also, the dead bird is easily looked over by the men. When the cage is noticed, its broken door is overlooked as the county attorney asks, Has the bird flown?(1373) Mrs. Hale replies, We think the--cat got it (1373).



There actually is not a cat present, but the men do not know that and never question it. The bird, however, is vital to the case. Mr. Wright has killed the bird, Minnies bird, which may afford caused her to then kill him. In addition, the strangling of Mr. Wright, a physical body of murder very uncommon, especially with a gun nearby, is aromatic of the strangling of that bird. It is another answer to the mens questions, but an answer they never find.

            The women, on the other hand, take note of all they see. They notice not only the bird, the cage, and the quilt, but other things that the men call trifles, like Minnies frozen preserves and her request for her apron...If you call for to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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