From the beginning the women of Susan Glaspell's “Trifles” do not appear to have a significant role in the show. These women just seem to go along while their husbands do the dirty work of searching the crime scene. Ultimately, even though they serve as secondary characters to their husbands, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters play an important role in portraying the theme of this play, and without them the plot would not have been conducted in nearly the same way to achieve the final result. message to the public. As soon as the county attorney, the sheriff, his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Hale enter the Wright home, there is a clear division of power between men and women. The men came in with stern faces, ready to get the job done, while the women planned to sit in the kitchen by the fire so they could stay warm. The men pass the kitchen heading towards the bedroom where Mr Hale found Mr Wright's body. The sheriff even made a comment saying, “There's nothing here but kitchen stuff” (1414). As he kicked pots and pans disrespectfully and made comments criticizing Mrs. Wright's cleaning windowsills. These observations lay the foundation for the rest of the story and introduce readers to the roles that women in society at that time were expected to experience. Going into this investigation, Ms. Hale and Ms. Peters had never met, but they quickly bonded. a bond and we worked well together. Mrs. Hale has known Mrs. Wright since she was a little girl and is able to tell Mrs. Peters more information about her. Mrs. Peters has never met Mrs. Wright but feels she can relate to her because she lost a child just like Mrs. Wright lost her canary, which was the closest thing the Wrights had... middle of paper.. .herself day after day, and was unable to say what she thought. At the end of the show Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters found the dead canary in Mrs. Wright's sewing kit. The canary had marks around its neck suggesting it had been strangled just like Mr Wright, but they were faced with the dilemma of whether or not to hand over the evidence. They eventually decided to hide the evidence from their husbands. By keeping this evidence hidden from their husbands, the two women chose to defend not only Mrs. Wright, but all women during this time period. They believed that the prejudices and discriminatory acts of men during this period towards women were not acceptable. Men of this time belittled their wives and these women sought to challenge that philosophy. Ms. Peters and Ms. Hale help show the public what women during this time had to endure to regain their freedom.