In the play "Trifles,'' there are four characters, the Sheriff and his wife, the County Attorney, and Mr. and Mrs. Hale. This essay will be focusing on the County Attorney and his arrogance and his lack of common sense and compassion. To begin with, ever since the beginning, he did not appreciate the women including Mrs. Wright herself, even if she was not there. The County Attorney constantly complained how her house was filthy, for example in the play it says how he argued about the ruined fruit preserves, and half clean half messy table top and bread that has been left out of the box. The County Attorney felt the need to automatically believe it was Mrs. Wright who killed her own husband, although there were no direct clues whether she did it or not, this clearly shows his arrogance and his lack of compassion towards her. The Country Attorney was also disrespectful towards the women inside the house, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale. The County Attorney presents himself as a tough and serious minded man towards the females, when in truth the females are more observant and find the evidence the men completely missed. With the County Attorney and Sheriff trying to be tough, the women feel in need to form ranks, this is what bonds Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale. This is another example of the County Attorneys lack of common sense. However, if the County Attorney did not care so much of his power over everyone, he may have found evidence. It seems as if he is more focused on his control and empowerment of the group rather than finding evidence that might prove Mrs. Wright was the murderer. He believed that Mrs. Wright was the murdered right when he walked in the house, unfortunately, without an open mind, you cannot think outside the box, which means the County Attorney is very arrogant, and uneducated. Since the women have more common sense than the County Attorney and the Sheriff, they found evidence faster. However, since they had compassio