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The plot of Susan Glaspell's Trifles revolves around the murder of a farmer. In the play, the county attorney and the local sheriff search the victim’s house for clues that link the victim’s wife to the crime. What can you conclude from the sheriff's attitude in this excerpt?

COUNTY ATTORNEY: (looking around) I guess we'll go upstairs first—and then out to the barn and around there, (to the SHERIFF) You're convinced that there was nothing important here—nothing that would point to any motive.

SHERIFF: Nothing here but kitchen things.

A.
He is too upset about the murder to conduct a proper investigation of the kitchen.
B.
He thinks it is a waste of time to conduct an investigation of a farmer's murder.
C.
He believes that a woman's kitchen is unlikely to hold any clues about a murder.
D.
He believes that Mrs. Wright is innocent and the murderer is an outsider.

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the correct awnser would mostly likely be C.) He beileves that a women's kitchen is unlikely to hold any clues about a murder.

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User Amitdar
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The answer is probably C because he is thinking that there COUDNT be any clues in the kitchen?!
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