Gender Roles In The Play Trifles

In today’s society there are issues concerning gender; this has been a problem for a long time. The play Trifles shows an example of this issue which proves that it has been going on for countless years. For many years now men see themselves as the powerhouse of the relationship. It has often been said that women are responsible for the jobs inside the house. Does it have to be this way? No, it is not a true statement to say that women are less of a human than men are but they often looked upon that way. Although some readers of Trifles would argue that it does not have a gender issue, it does. Treating women differently than men is a problem that should be fixed, because someone can only be pushed so far before she snaps.

Throughout the play Mrs. Wright is known to be a sweet unharmful lady said to be fluttery and kind of timid, just like any woman in the world.
Finding pieces of a unfinished quilt where the sewing was perfect until the end, but why? Mrs. Hale while examining the quilt pieces says, “ Mrs. Peters look at this one. Here this is the one she is working on, look at the sewing! All of the rest of it has been so nice and even. And look at this! It’s all over the place! Why, it looks like as if she didn’t know what she was about!” (Trifles 607). Which symbolizes how nervous Mrs.Wright seemed to be because of what she had done. After searching further they came upon a bird cage and a dead canary which was the bird Mrs. Wright loved. Why was it dead? Who killed it? There were so many things that didn’t add up. Someone snapped the bird’s neck which caused Mrs. Wright to come to her breaking point where she snapped. What did she do? Exactly that, she gave Mr.Wright what she felt he deserved. She got a rope and tied it as she would if she were sewing. She slipped it over his head and did to him as he did her bird or so her