The Sheriff and the County Attorney do not think that the women are equals. Women are lower than men. They, in their own estimation, are wiser than the women here. According to them, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are worried about trifles., in their own estimation, are wiser than the women here. According to them, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are worried about trifles. Hale says, "Well, women are used to worrying about trifles." They also believe that the women are not able to reason like they do. They leave the women downstairs when they go to Wright's room and when they go outside, the women have been left in the kitchen. Mrs. Hale was convinced that the men would laugh if they found out that they were all stirred up about a dead canary.
Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters do not let the men's sentiments get to them, because, as the story goes on, they seem to be closer to the answer than the men are. They seem more deductive than the men investigating the murder of john Wright. While Mr. Henderson was searching for something that showed anger, Mrs. Hale noticed that there was no sign of anger in the kitchen. When the attorney accuses Mrs. Wright of not being much of a housekeeper, Mrs. Hale comes to her defense very swiftly, by saying that there is usually a lot of work to be done on a farm. The women are not held back by the fact that the men do not think they are much of help in solving the case, as they continue to decipher intricate matters concerning the case.
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Women are of a lower status than men. This is shown by the fact that the men are investigating alone and do not seem to want to engage the women in any discussions that may end up illuminating the case to find if Mrs. Wright actually killed her husband or not. The county Attorney also says that Mrs. Wright did not have the homemaking instinct. Mr. Henderson, the county Attorney has to inspect the things that Mrs. Peters wants to take to Mrs. Wright. This shows that he does not trust her judgment.Women are not as intelligent as men. Mr. Hale comments that women are used to worrying over trifles. The Sheriff and the rest of the men laugh that the women are pondering if she was going to quilt or knot the basket. This is something trivial to them, who cannot understand what the women are obsessed about concerning the sewing pattern of the basket. They must be less sharp to think that the sewing pattern had anything to do with the case at hand.
One symbol used is the cherries. I believe that it symbolizes her fertility. The ladies say that it had frozen over. Mrs. Peters said that, "Oh, her fruit; it did freeze." The theme of male chauvinism is reinforced here, since Mr. Hale dismisses them and scoffs that women are used to worrying about trifles.It is ironical that the men who think they are close to solving the case are actually looking in the wrong places. The women who seem to be behind schedule and worrying about non-important things are actually solving the case. The women, however, are also not sure that they are.It is ironical that the men search upstairs, outside and yet are unable to see the evidence lying right before their eyes. The kitchen and the bird cage are very important parts of the case, but their "detective eyes" fail to see this fact.