Patriarchy and murder, Susan Glaspell presents and balances these two ideas throughout her play Trifles. The play opens with a scene of “incompleteness”, presented through the vivid description of unfinished house work. However, this seemingly innocent scene quickly evolves into a crime scene following the entrance the Sheriff and County Attorney. The two characters begin to listen to Mr. Hale’s account of his visit to the Wright home, the crime scene. As Mr. Hale details his visit, the readers learn about Mr. Wright’s murder and more importantly Mrs. Wright’s odd and evidently suspicious behavior. During Mr. Hale’s account, the two female characters, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, who have mostly been “trifles” or insignificant, begin to obtain