The definition of “trifles” is something that doesn't have much value or importance. In the play “Trifles,” Susan Glaspell illustrates the differences between men and women through the details they notice and the things each considers important or necessary. In the play, Mrs. Wright is the prime suspect in her husband's murder. Mr. Henderson, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Hale are the three men in the play who are searching the entire house looking for physical evidence to prove Mrs. Wright's guilt. The other two women in the play are Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale and their behaviors are completely opposite to those of the men. Because women are more focused on the small details of Mrs. Wright's daily life, they are able to find the most important evidence that men would never find on their own. By looking at key behaviors of men and women and their roles, Glaspell illustrates the true meaning and attitude of "nonsense" within the show. In the show, men repeatedly tease women about things they are noticing. For example, they laugh when the women try to decide whether or not Mrs. Wright was knotting the quilt they find. When the whole group begins to explore the house for the first time, they discover that the canning jars are broken in the cupboard due to the cold. At this point, the county attorney points out that Mrs. Wright will have more serious things to worry about. As a result, Mr. Hale states that “women are accustomed to worry about trifles” (Glaspell, 1156). Throughout the entire play, the women notice these little details like the jars and the quilt that the men consider unimportant. The work highlights a “fundamental difference between the women's actions and…the center of the paper…” (Holstein, 284). It is also important to note that "none of the characters in the play ever recognize the irony, as the women accept the framing of their concerns as mere 'nonsense'" (Holstein, 284). Thus, Glaspell shows that the details noticed by the women were actually very important even if each of the men considered them small and insignificant compared to the overall case. Works Cited Glaspell, Susan. Trifles. Literature. Ed. Joe Terry. California: Pearson, 2013. 1153-1163. Print.Holstein, Suzy. "Silent Justice in a Different Key: Glaspell's "Trifles." Midwest Quarterly. 44.3 (2003): 282-290. Web.Sutton, Brian. ""A Different Kind of the Same Thing": Marie de Frances Laustic and Glaspell's Nonsense."" Heldrof Publications. (2008): 170-174. Web. “Trifles.” Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam- Webster Inc., 2013.