The Trifles of Susan GlaspellThe Trifles of Susan Glaspell explores the classic male stereotype of women by stating that women often worry about matters of little or no importance. This stereotype assumes that only men are concerned with important issues, issues that women would never discuss or confront. The characters spend the entire play looking for clues to solve a murder case. Ironically, it is the female characters, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, who uncover crucial evidence and solve the murder case, not the male characters. The men in the play, the sheriff, the county attorney, and Hale, search the crime scene themselves for evidence and laugh at the women's discussions. The women's interest in the quilt, the broken birdcage door, and the dead canary, all of which are considered unimportant or insignificant objects, is what consequently leads them to solve the crime. The women are able to figure out who the killer is by paying attention to details and prove that objects that men consider insignificant are after all important. At the beginning of the play, all the characters enter the abandoned farm of John Wright, who has recently been hanged by an unknown killer. The sheriff and county attorney begin scanning the house for clues as to who killed Mr. Wright, but make a major mistake by improperly searching the kitchen, claiming there is nothing there" apart from kitchen items. This illustrates the mistaken belief among men that a kitchen is a place of insignificant things, a place where nothing important can be found. Mrs. Peters then notices that Mrs. Wright's fruit has frozen in the cold weather, and the men mock her and reveal their stereotype about women by saying "women are used to worrying over trifles". The men then venture upstairs to look for clues, while the women stay downstairs in the kitchen where they discuss frozen fruit and Wrights. Ms. Hale explains that Ms. Wright, whose maiden name was Minnie Foster, was a vivacious woman who sang in the choir. She suggests that the reason Mrs. Wright stopped being cheerful and active is because of her irritable husband. The women discover their first clue when they find a quilt that Mrs. Wright was sewing. Men make derogatory comments when questioning whether or not Ms. Wright was going to "quilt it or just tie it...... middle of paper ...... asks women again if Ms. Wright was going to “quilt or tie it”. Mrs. Hale responds that she was going to "tie it," which may symbolically represent how Mrs. Wright tied the rope around her husband's neck and murdered him. In their discussion of supposedly unimportant items, such as the poorly sewn quilt, broken birdcage door, and dead canary, the women are able to gather important evidence and learn enough information about Mrs. Wright for him to give a motive for the murder of her husband. The men, however, have no idea who killed Mr. Wright and why, even after thoroughly searching the house for clues. They believe they possess greater intelligence and knowledge of the world than women, but cannot find enough evidence to convict Ms. Wright. Even if men discovered the same clues as women, it is very unlikely that they would understand how this could constitute a motive for Ms. Wright, because they simply cannot relate to her as a woman. Glaspell's Trifles shows how women..