Trifles

Trifles Little Trifles Add Up to a Big Case Detectives are always looking for little pieces of evidence when investigating a crime. After all, it is this evidence that can turn a trial around, whether be it for the good or bad. This is especially the case in Susan Glaspell's Trifles. When Mrs. Hale comes across little pieces of evidence, she passes them off as being "trifles", hiding them from the detective. She is the reason that very little evidence is collected that would convict Mrs. Wright, and can be believed to have some sort of involvement in the murder of John Wright. Mrs. Hale, being estranged from Mrs. Wright for over a year, has something to prove when she goes into the house that day. Whether it is out of guilt from not seeing Mrs. Wright, or because she is actually an accomplice in helping Mrs. Wright get away with the act, will never be known. However, Mrs. Hale knows what she is doing when she starts to dismiss evidence before the detective's eyes have seen it. She is also very committed to showing that Mrs. Wright wasn't a bad homemaker, dismissing most of that evidence also. Mrs. Hale first shows signs mrs, wright, hale, evidence, reader, peters, one, whether, being, shows, seen, out, never, motive, loyalty, little, just, homemaker, both, bird, after, actually, very, trifles, think, things, something, murder, know, killed, john, husband, friend, found, cage, because