iii) Issues

Mrs. Hale is first to

articulate the
This can be seen
commonality of the
when the men fail to
Midwestern female
recognize this search
existence. So, she
to understand female
Trifles is mainly can understand the
psychology, the
about the patriarchal reason why Minnie
events of the murder
Feminist oppression and Wright has driven to
shock Mrs. Hale and
female ability in the the crisis that results
Mrs. Peters into a
domestic arena. in murder, and, in
new appreciation of
the climax of the
their gender and of
play, she convinces
the need to support
Mrs. Peters to ally
each other. 
with her in spite of
the law.
iv) Conflict

The men belittle the

The male sheriff, women’s tasks, saying,
country attorney and "Well, women are used
The conflict climaxes
neighbor look for to worrying over
when the women
evidence, while Mrs. trifles," making the
question whether to tell
Hale, the neighbor’s women feel resentful.
Men vs Women the men about the key
wife, and Mrs. Peters, But the women’s
evidence they found, a
the sheriff’s wife, concern with the little
strangled canary, and
gather some stuff to things, the so-called
they decide to lie.
take to Mrs. Wright in "trifles“, is what leads
jail. to the truth in the
murder case.