Characters’ attitudes always contribute to a play’s conflict. Different characters, time of periods, and situations bring out different conflicts. Often while reading plays the conflicts are mainly led by the assumptions the men make about women, because men believe that women focus on trivial matters only, and men prioritizes their own reputation over women’s desires. Moreover, self-centered men always control women’s lives especially in a male-dominated society. This is true in Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” and Henrik Ibsen’s play “A Doll’s House.” Believing women only focus on trivial matters is one assumption the men make about women. In “Trifles”, when Mrs. Peters mentions that Mrs. Wright is worrying about the cold weather causing her jars to break and fruits to freeze while she is in jail. The men belittle women’s feelings and respond, “well, women are used to worrying over trifles.”(1040) Although the men enter the kitchen first, they believe it is an unimportant place to look around. In fact, if the accused person is a woman, the kitchen can be one of the most crucial places to find evidence against her. However, the County Attorney just takes a quick look around and sees the kitchen is messy. On the other hand, when Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters find some bright pieces in a sewing basket, Mrs. Hale wonders “if she was going to quilt or just knot it”(1043). The men overhear the words, and the Sheriff sarcastically repeats “They wonder if she was going to quilt or just knot it”(1043). He and the County Attorney erupt into laughter. The sarcasm demonstrates that men always view women as focusing on trivial matters and are incapable of intelligent thinking. However, it just shows that men often relegate certain significant clues even in the midst of something serious such as murder. In fact, women quietly prove the men’s expectations wrong, because Mrs. Hale’s comments about the knot appl