Today, women are no longer expected to solely be housewives and caretakers. Now, females can pursue whatever lifestyle they wish but men still tend to oppress them in other ways such as unequal pay. When women are being abused by their husbands at home they start to hold grudges, lose who they are, and begin to ask themselves why they are taking this abuse. Often, these abusive relationships push women to their limit and they do things no one would have expected. In Trifles by Susan Glaspell, Glaspell uses very detailed imagery and symbolism to justify why Mrs. Wright murdered her husband as an act of liberating herself from male oppression. During the time this play was written, women were often oppressed and seen only as housewives who take care of their husbands and children. Their husbands would ignore what they had to say on issues. Glaspell uses imagery to create an image in our heads to understand Mrs. Wright leading up to her committing murder. First off in the beginning of the story the Sheriff and County Attorney question Mr. Hale on what he saw when he entered Mrs. Wright’s home and found Mr. Wright hanged. Mr. Hale says he walked in to find Mrs. Wright sitting in the kitchen with no expression in her face. “She didn’t ask me to come up to the stove, or to set down, but just sat there, not even looking at me” (Line 44). Mr. Hale asks to see Mr. Wright but says he cannot see him right now. “Can’t I see John?” “No, she says, kind o’dull like" (Line 46). Mrs. Wright, without showing emotion, says that Mr. Wright cannot see anyone because he is dead. “Cause he’s dead,” says she (Line 48). The men continued to investigate the house but missed many details that the men didn’t understand, like why the house being dirty was a sign. The women, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, took these little details into account and made their own investigation that they hid from the men. In the play Mrs. Hale describes the Wright house as not well maintained, isolated, and just doesn�