The Guilt of Mrs. Wright This story is about the investigation into the murder of John Wright. He has been strangled in his bedroom‚ while in bed with his wife beside him. It is being investigated by the local sheriff and the county attorney‚ who have been joined by two women (Mrs. Peters‚ the sheriff’s wife‚ and Mrs. Hale‚ a neighbor) at the Wright farmhouse. The men are looking for clues in the killing. The women are there to get supplies for Mrs. Wright‚ who has been taken to jail for the
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“Trifles” was a very mysterious play. This play was written by Susan Glaspell. It does not explain why the two women helped Mrs. Wright. It does not mention any information about them being friends with her‚ so why would they help her? Mrs. Wright basically was tired of her husband’s ways and abuse and retaliated by murdering him. He was said to have killed her kitten years ago and in more recent terms‚ he killed her bird. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters clearly did not have respect for the law. They
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Trifles Trifles is a play by Susan Glaspell that covers the lives of several women and the men in their lives. The story begins with the murder of one of their neighbors‚ Mr. Wright‚ who is suspected to have been killed by his wife. The local Sherriff‚ Peters‚ enlists the help of his friend Mr. Hale to investigate the crime. Their wives are willing to help solve the case‚ but are denied this opportunity by their husbands who believe that they should spend their time worrying about their female things
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given passage from Trifles‚ it contributes to characterization and plot in multiple ways‚ making for a better piece of literary work. By using diction in this passage the writer was able to portray the characters very well due to the images of the characters that are clearly formed in the readers’ minds. Through diction and characterization we are able to get too know Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters and realize that they are two very different individuals. We can see that Mrs. Hale is much more laid back
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her play‚ “Trifles” in the early 1900s. The opening of the one-act play starts by introducing the characters that are; the young and arrogant County Attorney named George Henderson‚ Henry Peters who is the sheriff along with his wife‚ as well as neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Hale. The three men immediately walk into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wright‚ while the women wait uncomfortably in the foyer. The men gather around a fire as Mr. Henderson explains what he witnessed the day of the murder. Mr. Henderson
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YOUR ANSWERS!!!! 1. What is the relationship between the two women‚ Mrs. Peters‚ Mrs. Hale? How do they react to one another and to Mrs. Wright? How do they react to then men? BE SPECIFIC The relationship between the two Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale is that one is the wife of the sheriff in charge of the investigation of a murder that other in company of her husband found. They develop a similar felling for Mrs. Wright through the play. They defended Minnie of the cruel comments and false
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Review of “Trifles” Susan Glaspell play‚ “Trifles”‚ revolves around Mrs. Wright‚ a woman who seeks revenge on her husband for oppressing her through their years of marriage. During the time of Glaspell’s play‚ early 1900’s‚ men are the dominant figures in society and women are expected to cook‚ clean‚ raise children and care for their husbands. Glaspell’s play‚ “Trifles”‚ main goal is portraying a theme of women being oppressed through marriage by the use of symbolism through a canary and a bird
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SETTING AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE: Trifles takes place in an agricultural area in the American Midwest. The name of the county the play is set in is Dickson County. The time that Trifles is set in is the late 1800’s. The setting heavily influences the characters in the play. Their diction is typical of that area and time period. It is possible to judge that the characters do not have extensive educations based on the area they were brought up in. This is because in agricultural areas children have
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Written Comp. Chris Bailey 4 April 2014 In the play “Trifles”‚ the police are investigating the scene. Lewis Hale tells how he discovered Mrs. Wright was acting weird when she told him that her husband was murdered while she was sleeping. Although a gun had been in the house‚ Mrs. Wright had been strangled with a rope. While the men are investigating upstairs‚ the women discover an empty birdcage and eventually finds the dead bird in a box in Mrs. Wright’s sewing basket while they are searching for
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In the play‚ “Trifles‚” Susan Glaspell demonstrates the inequality that occurs between men and women during the 20th century. From the opening scene‚ the two women are not given much attention unlike the men‚ until they are separated from them and become the main characters. Although the women are seen as inferior to men‚ they prove that they are much more capable as they are the ones who solve the case by thinking outside the box. They find the real motive behind Mrs. Wright’s action and are able
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