The play portrays women as inferior to men and stuck in housework while men have absolute control over them. The description of the opening scene “The kitchen is John Wright's now abandoned farmhouse, a gloomy kitchen, and left without having been tidied up […] other signs of finished work”. (Trifles, 1) gives the reader a first impression of how isolated the place is, thus symbolizing Minnie Wright's loneliness and her duty to her family. Such an accurate description in the very first sentence of the text tends to trigger a really strong image and perception in the reader's mind even before they are introduced to the plot. This is a really clever tactic Susan Glaspell uses to emphasize her message