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Susan Glaspell, writer of the drama play, Trifles, depicts the sad reality of men belittling women and coming second to men. The play’s title expresses the thought of woman being analytical. The women in the play were the only ones capable of figuring out minute clues and discovering that Mrs. Wright killed her husband. When George Henderson (the county attorney), Henry Peters (the sheriff) with his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Hale were investigating the crime scene. The men ignored and mocked Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters do to the fact they were paying more attention to things that the men thought were meaningless. They could not believe that a woman was capable of crafting such a murder. Even though these women did not know Mrs. Wright on a personal level, they could relate with her. They were able to put themselves in her shoes and understand the background story to solve this mystery. Glaspell conveys how the men disregard the women’s input with the use of a catchy title, the......

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