In the play, Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell, an urgent investigation

takes place revolving around the murder of John Wright. While still focusing
on the inspection, Glaspell simultaneously conveys that the ideas of others
should not be undermined as a result of their differences based on their
contrasting attributes. As the men and the women have contradicting
perceptions of the significance of certain elements in the investigation, a
clear assumption that underestimating small details can impair ones ability
in finding a solution can easily be contrived.
Throughout the investigation, the men continuously disregard the
importance of the minor details brought up by the woman. As the men are
inspecting Mrs. Wrights house, the sheriff mockingly looks around the
kitchen and believes there is nothing there but kitchen things. This
demonstrates the mens general disrespect for women as they imply their
opinion that the kitchen is no place for a man and only for a woman. They
consider it to be an unimportant place and therefore want no part in it. As
they continue to further investigate, Minnie fears being held for murder
and is worryin over her preserves and continue to jeer at her as they did
before. Not only do the men patronize Mrs. Wright, but their condescending
attitude towards women persists when they insinuate their burden of
putting them when the attorney sarcastically asks what would we do
without the ladies? referring to Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. They soon realize
that reality is conversely related to what they believe when they learn the

true value of the women when they are forced to carry out chores normally
completed by the women.
Though they are viewed to be as inferior and distracted, the women
have a better insight which leads them to uncover the evidence. The women
are constantly worrying about Mrs. Wrights unfinished quilt and the way she
used to make her quilts while the men criticize them once again for being
concerned with such a miniscule detail, but they later discover that the quilts
will uncover the truth. They also discover her pet canary and how its neck
must have been wrung, similarly to the way that she killed Mr. Wright while
he slept, slipping a rope around his neck that choked the life out of him.
Discovering Mr. Wright was the one who killed Minnies bird enables the
characters an understanding of Mrs. Wrights motive of the murder of her
husband along with the emotional abuse she had to endure. To prevent the
men from finding their evidence, Mrs. Hale hides the bird and reminds the
men that Mrs. Wright was going to knot the quilt instead of quilting it
serving as a double meaning, referring to the way she murdered her
husband.
As it is still a common occurrence, men and women often have
differing opinions causing one gender to believe they are superior to the
other. Though it can be easy to do, people should avoid underestimating
others opinions no matter what their beliefs are and how significant their
evidence is to support their beliefs because it could easily be of great
importance to solving a problem.