Susan Glaspell’s drama, Trifles, takes place in the Dakotas, in the early 1900’s, at the time when a woman’s place was considered to be at home, without rights, and unable to vote. The narrative goes through the story about a murder of a man, which took place in small town, where everyone knew each other, and the main suspect is the man’s wife. The round characters Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, are the center of the entire story and they find themselves going through the widow’s belongings to bring to her while she is in jail awaiting a trial. While doing going through her belongings, their ideas, beliefs, and opinions change as they accidentally uncover the key to the whole case when they stumble across a dead bird killed in the same manner as
