Little Things Mean a Lot in Trifles Susan Glaspell's play, Trifles, explores how women pay attention to the little things that can lead to the resolution of a problem bigger. Why are women so interested in little things? Attention to detail seems to be the starting point for solving the biggest problem. Think of the little things like pieces of a puzzle. When the little pieces come together you see the bigger picture. In the play Trifles the men seem to think that women only care about small things, or trifles. What men don't realize is that women are actually solving the murder by worrying about, or neglecting, the little details. To truly understand this aspect we must look at the work itself. The first example of attention to detail is fruit preserves. In lines seventy-eight to seventy-nine Mrs. Peters says, "She worried about it when it was so cold. She said the fire would go out and her jars would break." To which the sheriff replies, "Well, you can beat women! Held for murder and worried about his claims." In line eighty-three Mr. Hale says, "Well, women are accustomed to worry about trifles." If Mrs. Wright had not been worried, she might have started a fire to prevent the preserve from freezing. Another example of foolishness is to note that Mrs. Wright did not wake up while her husband was being strangled to death. Unless the Wrights slept in separate beds, Mrs. Wright should have heard the struggle between her husband and the killer. Even though Mrs. Wright said she was a deep sleeper, she still should have heard the labored breathing and fighting happening right next to her. Another thing that everyone thought was very strange was that there was a gun in the house. Why not use the gun? Why use rope? According to the essay On Susan Glaspell's Trifles, the author observes: "The strangulation of Mr. Wright, which perplexed everyone when a gun was at hand, resembles the strangulation of that bird (1)." The third example for noticing the little things is quilt piecing. The women wondered whether he would knot it or quilt it. The sheriff overhears the conversation and says to the county attorney in row one hundred and sixty-three, "They wonder if he would have quilted it or just knotted it!" In lines one hundred and sixty-six to sixty-seven Mrs.