The difference in the titles, “Trifles” for the play and “A Jury of Her Peers” signals the readers to two different focuses between the play and the story. The title “Trifles” seems to tell us that this play is about particular objects, and indeed the play seems to focus on the objects that judge Minnie Foster. The play progresses cleanly from one episode to the other, each episode being a particular thing that lets us know more about the events. On the other hand, the title “A Jury of Her Peers” lets us know that the story will focus more on the characters of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. Since the short story allows for more description, especially of the details of the characters interaction, it allows for more insight into the minds of the characters, as opposed to insight that the audience would gain by watching actors on a stage. This shifts the judgement from the actual objects in the play and Mrs. Hale and Peters simply interpreting them for the audience to actually giving the judgement of Minnie Foster to Hale and Peters by giving us a little more insight into how they are reacting to the entire episode.