This is a short essay entitled Tifles. It is a brief look into the irony in the title of the short story by Susan Glaspell entitled Trifles.

Susan Glaspell was a strong advocate of women's rights and wrote adamantly against the oppression of women under the strict control of men. Her story Trifles is a great example of how she felt about women being forced to live under the firm control of their husbands. In the story, the men treat the women as if they are unintelligent and petty. The men appear professional as they go about searching the house for evidence …

…then find the bird in a box underneath the quilting materials. Knowing personally how women feel, they manage to learn why Mrs. Wright could have killed her husband--he had killed the bird, something that obviously meant a lot to Mrs. Wright. At the end of the story, the women keep the evidence away from the men and protect Mrs. Wright, knowing how she must have felt under the firm and harsh control of her husband.