Reflection on "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell

I find this play interesting and mysterious. It reflects how the author has feminist views, when she shows two female characters that solve a mystery that male characters couldn't solve. I think it was realistic because of the way men treated women. Although there were laws to maintain gender equality, women were oppressed by men, and that is just reality.

The men, being involved in the mystery, don't pay attention to the little things, in this case the "trifles", or unimportant issues, that interest the women and which they laugh at, will actually lead them to the answer they're looking for. I think the women should have given them what they founded and show them that they are not just "ladies who just worry about trifles", but that it is more than that. The men miss all the evidence considering that "worrying about trifles" was just beneath them and not important.

I think the canary and the birdhouse details were very intriguing, because Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters had to think through what has happened before in Mrs. Wrights life, to consider the bird as a symbol of her life.

It is very obvious that the author concerns about sex roles and she wants to prove a point. She clearly worries about women roles in society and in this play, she wants to convince the reader or viewer to recognize women's and men's different perspectives, and sets up a tension in the drama.