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The most definitive moment in the play, “Trifles”, is the passage stated by Mrs. Hale “I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing” (Glaspell, 2011, p. 142). This is important because in the kitchen is where the two female characters, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter, noticed things are out of order which helps them to realize the tribulations that Mrs. Wright was experiencing in her home. While the men characters in the play, the Sheriff, Hale, and the County Attorney, noted that the kitchen holds nothing of importance to them. For example, the broken preserve jars, the dirty towel, the rising bread dough, quilted pieces, and the broken bird cage door are all elements that point towards Mrs. Wright state of mind as to why skill killed her husband. This is evident by what Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are saying which are important in the play’s speech such as, Mrs. Peters stating, “Mr. Henderson said coming out that what was need for the case was a motive, something to show anger or sudden feelings” (Glaspell, 2011, p. 142). As the male characters search the home to find motives as to why Mr. Wright was murdered, the women characters began examining the pieces of items to analyze Mrs. Wright state of mind. For instance, when looking over Mrs. Wright home there was a dirty towel that was used to wipe half the table while the other half of the table was messy and a loaf of bread left outside the breadbox.