Trifles

  After reading the play "Trifles," answer the following questions, making sure to provide textual evidence in the form of analysis. 1. What do you think the bird and broken cage symbolize in the play? 2. How do the men regard the domestic sphere or the work that women do in an household? 3. Why are the men not able to find the necessary evidence against Mrs. Wright? 4. Explain how irony or setting are important devices used by the playwright.