The events in Susan Glaspell's play "Trifles" can be arranged in the following order:
(3) The county attorney and the sheriff arrive to investigate.
(1) Mrs. Peters discovers the empty birdcage.
(4) The women discover the dead bird.
(2) Mrs. Hale hides the box containing the dead bird in her pocket.
- "Trifles" is a short play by Susan Glaspell based on a real-life murder.
- In the story, Mrs. Wright has killed her husband, and now the sheriff and the county attorney are at her house, investigating.
- Mrs. Hale, who is friend of Mrs. Wright's, and Mrs. Peters, who is the sheriff's wife, are left alone as the men investigate.
- Mrs. Peters discovers an empty birdcage, and the women eventually find the dead bird.
- They realize Mrs. Wright was very unhappy and that her husband killed the only thing that brought some joy into her life - the singing bird.
- Mrs. Hale hides the dead bird so that the men will not find out the motive behind the murder.
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