Some of the most trivial things in life are of course the easiest things to discuss, but also the hardest to resolve. In Susan Glaspell's one-act drama Trifles, the theme of real-life trifles is brought into perspective when Mr. John Wright is found murdered in his own home and his own wife is the suspected principal murderer. At first glance, one probably thinks that Mrs. Wright is simply a physically and mentally abused wife who finally snapped. But through Glaspell's characters and irony, she reveals the theme that small things really can and do make a profound difference in life or death. Through Glaspell's characters, one can feel a sort of special range of characters for the short drama. The main characters in the drama are: Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hales. The men are too important to the story, but ironically, they're the ones who try to find evidence of Mr. Wright's murderer and it's the women who discover the clues and everything else. But Mrs Wright is the husband of the late Mr Wright who was found dead with a rope around his cold neck while his wife sat eerily but calmly downstairs. Glaspell writes: COUNTY ATTORNEY: And what did she look like? HALE: Well, she looked weird. And somehow arranged. (1.62-69.) This conversation shows the way Mrs. Wright behaved before anyone knew her husband was no longer alive. One might begin to think that with the way Mrs. Wright was behaving, she might have been very agitated and nervous. But then we can start to think, why is she nervous? Is she the one who killed him, or was...... middle of paper...... shows that sometimes it's the little things that are scrutinized that are the most important things. Therefore, Glaspell reveals the theme that small things really can and do make a profound difference in life, or death, which is presented through Glaspell's characters and irony. Some things, like an unfished blanket or a prepared loaf of bread, don't draw much attention to a man, more than likely because he is never in the house except eating and eating. sleep. But for a woman, these are strange, everyday things that should be easy tasks to accomplish and should not be ignored. So sometimes it really is the little things that can open the door to the question, but since women followed a different path than men, one would assume that they found an open window instead.Work CitedTrifles. By Susan Glaspell. August 8, 1916. Play.