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Trifles Trifles, written in the early 1900s by Susan Glaspell, is a one-act play illustrating how women can overreact to their own emotions, allowing these emotions to cloud their judgment. This is shown by describing the feelings of two women who are willing to defend a suspect, blame the victim, and go so far as to hide evidence, to protect another fair sex from being charged with murdering her husband. Mrs. Wright is the suspect in the murder of her husband, who was strangled in his sleep, found with the rope still around his neck. The sheriff and an attorney are examining Mrs. Wrights nucleotide for evidence. Mr. Henderson, the attorney, speaking of Mrs. Wright says, Heres a nice mess, ..Dirty towels Not much(prenominal) of a theater of operationskeeper, would you say, ladies? (Kirszner & Mandell 1166) Mrs. Hale, the suspects neighbor, defends Mrs. Wright immediately saying, Theres a great sens of work to be done on a farm. Those towels get ill-gotten awful quick. Mens hands arent always as clean as they might be. (1166) She says this even though she hardly knows Mrs. Wright. She admits this when she says, Ive not seen much of her of late years. Ive not been in this house its more than a year. (1166) Even so, Mrs. Hale feels protective toward Mrs. Wright and defends her. Mr. Peters, the sheriff, and Mr. Henderson, go upstairs to look for a motive. Mrs. Hale is left talking to Mrs. Peters, the sheriffs wife, and they begin to put themselves in the shoes of the suspect. Th...