In the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell, Mr. Wright's murder is never solved because the two women in the story unite against the arrogance of men to hide the evidence that would prove Ms. Wright is the murderer. . The play Trifles is about the death of farmer Mr. Wright and how the sheriff and town attorney try to find proof that his wife, Mrs. Wright, killed him. As the play progressed, the wives of the men who had come to discover important evidence that proved the men's theory, but chose to hide from them to illustrate that their ideas should have been valued and not taken lightly. The very irony of the piece comes from the trifles of its title and is defined as something that is not very important or has no relation to the situation it is presented. In this play, the irony of the title comes from the fact that the men find the women's opinions on the case insignificant, even though the women solve the crime which ends up being the men's downfall since they could have prosecuted Mrs. Wright. if they had listened, which made the women's opinions not insignificant. Glaspell was born at a time when women were still considered the property of men and had no real value in society in the eyes of men except in matters of procreation and motherhood. This attitude towards women inspired Glaspell to write the play Trifles and illustrate that women's attitudes should be just as valued as men's and allow women to have a sense of fulfillment in life and break the chains that held them only as obedient. housewives. Trifles is also inspired by a real murder trial that Glaspell covered when she was a journalist in 1900. Glaspell is a major symbol of the feminist movement in the middle of paper......g to design to her audience by proving that All opinions matter, no matter whose opinion it is. By looking into the past, the audience can see that the story has significant similarities to the era in which it was written. Glaspell shows women how a united cause can show the world that women should have as many rights as men. The theme of the story is expressly told through how and why Mr. Wright is murdered and Mrs. Peter's transformation at the end of the story. The film adaptations that changed the title from Trifles to A Jury of Her Peers likely did so to appeal to male audiences and include a double entender about how a jury can be biased even with evidence directly given to them . Works Cited Glaspell, Susan. “Trifles” Grammer is a website of Destination Kendall HuntPublishing Company. April 4, 2014. No. Internet. April 6 2014..