Trifles chronicles the differences in masculine and feminine thought patterns and in doing so discusses the nature of authority and how it is viewed in our culture. Basically, men and women account for two separate subcultures; however, these cultures were in now way equal when this play was written. By this we can infer that in our American Culture, men supposedly set the standards and thus account for much (if not all) of the authority. …showed first 75 words of 664 total…

…showed last 75 words of 664 total…that the women did not tell what they had found out to the men can be explained by "Defense and Growth". The women were just not comfortable with telling the men. They did not think it was their place because at this time in history women were seen as lesser than men. The women did not feel that the next step, telling explaining reality to men, was comfortable, so they did not tell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**