Trifles

Two women reading a farm kitchen see the murder the men cannot.

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MRS. HALE

Trifles · Susan Glaspell

I might have known she needed help! I know how things can be — for women. I tell you, it's queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together and we live far apart. We all go through the same things — it's all just a different kind of the same thing.

0:56DramaticIntermediate

Writer	Susan Glaspell
Written	1916
Pages	18
Reading time	30 min
Monologues	1 indexed
Themes	Gender, Isolation, Justice, Silence
Principals	MRS. HALE, MRS. PETERS, SHERIFF, COUNTY ATTORNEY, HALE

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