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Many women have been stereotyped at one point in their life. Usually, this stereotype presents women as intellectually inferior. Even today, women are sometimes labeled as “airheads” or “twits.” In “Trifles,” a very symbolic tale, women administer revenge for their suffering in more ways than one. The female characters of “Trifles” were seen by males as being nothing more than dim-witted women, who should be seen and not heard. This is typical of society in the late 1800's/early 1900's, which is the time setting of this play. The male characters, Sheriff Henry Peters and Attorney George Henderson strut around like kings making lewd, sexist remarks while investigating the murder of farmer John Wright. Throughout the drama, the male characters walk around the farm house looking for clues that would prove that Mrs. Wright committed the murder. Unfortunately, they do this from a male p