Trifles

As you read Susan Glaspell’s play, Trifles, the plot is very clear. The characters are trying to find evidence and motives to murder mystery. There is also a sort of underlying message or conflict with the characters that focuses on being loyal to your own sex. Both of these messages are so clear that one could argue to which one is the actual theme of the play. This is because the play ends with the women finding the evidence that could lead to the murderer and their motive. Instead they do not reveal to the men what they found. The murder is never actually solved, although it is quite clear to the readers and the audience who the murderer is. The men in the play are clear in their own minds without any substantial evidence to who committed the murder also. The play ends without really stating an outcome of the whole situation. The audience is left to guess as to what happens in the end base on what “evidence” they are given.
The argument that the theme or message...