Peters) are able to find a highly convincing motive for the Minnie's act of murder. The irony of this fact is underscored by the reality that "Rural American women usually appear as marginal characters in mainstream early twentieth century literature" (Al-Khalili 132)
The title is taken from the subsequent line of the Sherriff (Mrs. Peters' husband), who remarks that "women are used to worrying over trifles" (Glaspell)
Gender can be one of those variables. If there is "a range of practices considered morally acceptable in some societies but condemned in others, including infanticide, genocide, polygamy, racism, sexism, and torture," then it becomes clear that if Minnie did indeed kill her husband, the act might not be as categorically wrong as the Attorney and Sheriff believe (Velasquez & Meyer 1)