This one-act play was very interesting. It's got murder, mystery and deceit. In a very short time, there is a great deal that happens. I thought it was interesting that the men that came to solve the crime did not notice any of the important details that the women did, which were all crucial to solving the mystery of how Mr. Wright d

This play is full of dramatic irony. The irony is that the men continually dismiss the women’s conversation as being insignificant, when in fact it is they who are discovering the truth of what happened that night. The play explores the fact that women pay attention to the little things that may lead to the solving of a bigger problem.

The title of the story is fairly self-explanatory. The phrase “trifles” is mentioned a few different times in the play. It is a word used to describe the little things that early 20th century housewives occupied themselves with. The interesting thing is that it is those “trifles” that eventually lead to the women solving the murder themselves.

The major theme of the play is the importance of little things. Without those women there to discover all the “trifles” that the men joked about, no one would have known the truth about what happened to Mr. Wright. This applies to everyone’s life, because sometimes we overlook things we think are insignificant, but turn out to be very big.

This play is an excellent example of the kind of life women had during the early decades of the 20th century. Around the time this play was written, women in the United States joined together to fight for the right to vote. It also shows how when you close your mind to certain ideas, like the idea that a woman could help solve a crime, you might not ever solve your problem.

The climax of the play was when they found a box in the sewing basket containing the dead bird, which had its neck wrung. This single find immediately gave an answer to the previous things they had noticed. Glaspell's description sums it all up: "Their eyes meet. A look of growing comprehension, of horror." The "growing comprehension" means that a few seconds after finding the dead bird, they completely understand what had happened and all the questions that they had earlier were answered. The women were terrified and in a state of disbelief about the truth they had just revealed. Without even trying to do so they had solved the mystery. The scene replayed in their minds: Mrs. Wright had been sewing in the kitchen, when Mr. Wright came into the kitchen. This explains the nervous sewing by Mrs. Wright who didn't want the bird to be discovered. But he found the cage with the bird hidden in one of the cupboards, broke the door open, and wrung its neck. This was enough of a motive for Mrs. Wright to kill her husband. Right after their discovery, they heard the men coming in the house and Mrs. Hale hid the bird in the sewing basket. This is the resolution. The women had made up their minds that they were not going to reveal to the men what they had found. Even when the County Attorney asked where the bird was after he saw the cage, they lied. Mrs. Peters told him, "We think the cat got it."

Trifles is a whodunit type of murder mystery. This play is a one-act, but that does not mean there is little action. The story is of several people retu

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