Trifles By Susan Glaspell Summary

Your opinion of “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell is accurate, because it can be interpreted in various ways. The theme that stood out is gender differences. For example, Mr. Hale and Mr. Peters are serious and determined investigators that arrive to investigate the crime scene for evidence and they have brought their wives along. Mr. Hale and Mr. Peters frustrate their wives with their sexist comments towards Mrs. Wright’s housekeeping skills and the fact that there is nothing downstairs to investigate because it’s nothing but kitchen gadgets. The man’s head upstairs to investigate the crime scene in search for forensic evidence to solve the crime, but in the meantime, their wives are downstairs waiting and they began to notice the dim house