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The truth is not always seen by the trained eye.
The play Trifles was written in 1916 by a woman named Susan Glaspell. This is a story about murder, basically an old "who done it" kind of mystery. The story takes place in an old, messy, kitchen located somewhere close to the Dakotas and Omaha. It begins with a brief description of the problem at hand, someone (Mr. Wright) has been murdered and the authorities need some evidence in order to solve the mystery. This is the basis of the entire play, the main focus is not actually the mystery itself, but more about the different ways people tend to see things. The Trifles that these women are talking about in the play are insignificant to the men who are actually trying to solve the case, but clear as day, to the women who are merely standing by. Being that this play was written in the early 1900s, it was clearly a bold statement for women everywhere in the nation.
This play was impressive in many ways. First the detail to all of the......

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