I. Article Summary: Suzy Clarkson Holstein's article, "Silent Justice in a Different Key: Glaspell's 'Trifles'" evaluates the play Trifles and how the difference between the men in the play reflects how a woman's perspective is very different from that of a man. Trifles is about two women, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, who show up at a house with their husbands and the county attorney to investigate a murder. All the while the men search for evidence to implicate the accused wife, Minnie Wright, in her husband's murder. Meanwhile, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale are there to collect some items to take Minnie Wright to prison. While doing so, the women discover evidence that would prove their wife's guilt, but decide to hide it from the men in the final moments of the show. It is considered silly how women are able to provide evidence unlike men because they did not approach the crime scene but rather a house: “Women on the other hand arrive at a house. Even though neither they nor the men realize it, they too are conducting an investigation” (Holstein 283). Holstein also notes that they are able to find evidence because they use their own life experiences to relate to the accused killer, Minnie Wright, as shown here; “But women don't just remember and sympathize with Minnie. They identify with her, literally” (285). Holstein concludes the article by noting that the women decide to hide the evidence because of the solidarity they feel towards Minnie Wright; “From Ms. Hale's perspective, people are connected to each other through fragile, sometimes imperceptible threads. The little trifles of life – the visit of a neighbor, the song of a bird, the sewing of a quilt – have profound resonances” (287).II. Item Rating: In Suzy Clarkson......center of paper......n in comedy; for example, “At first, the women are silent due to the helplessness described by Belenky (23-24)” (284). This reference is the first time this new author has been mentioned and Holstein doesn't really explain anything except that I have to go read Belenky to see the point Holstein is trying to make in this article. Furthermore, of the four references to different books, three are fourteen years old or older and it appears that Holstein is using outdated sources to make his points. For all these reasons I did not feel that Holstein's article provided clear insight into the points about Trifles that she might have been trying to convey to the reader. Works Cited III. Article citation: Holstein, Suzy Clarkson. "Silent Justice in a Different Key: Glaspell's 'Nonsense'." MidwestQuarterly 44.3 (2003): 282-290. Advanced positioning source. Network. April 10. 2014