drama Trifles is about Mrs. Wright who kills her husband and an investigation conducted by the sheriff‚ county attorney‚ and their wives Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Pete. The bird cage symbolizes her marriage which is like a cell or a jail that Mr. Wright is keeping her in. We see Mrs. Wright as a happy person who: “. . . used to wear pretty clothes and be lively‚ when she was Minnie Foster‚ one of the town girls singing in the choir” (988). This all changes when she marries Mr. Wright‚ who puts her in that cage
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Wright‚ formerly Minnie Foster‚ used to sing before she married. After her marriage‚ she got a bird that sings. Mr. Wright‚ having already “killed” one form of singing‚ proceeds to do so with yet another form‚ the bird (paragraph 244). The bird is a reflection of Mrs. Wright’s pre-marriage personality‚ and when killed‚ it is essentially killing Minnie Foster again. The two women become sympathetic toward Mrs. Wright‚ backing up the desire to withhold the evidence
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break.” And the sheriff replied‚ “Well‚ can you beat the women! Held for murder and worrin’ about her preserves.” Mr. Hale then says‚ “Well‚ women are used to worrying over trifles.” So this example proves that if Mrs. Wright had not been inattentive‚ she would have started a fire to
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attentive as to how Mr. Wright died and using that to determine the motive. The women pay more attention to the little details which eventually help them determine if Mrs. Wright had a motive in murdering Mr. Wright. Despite the differences between the way the men and women investigate the crime scene‚ this lead Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters to discover why Minnie Foster killed Mr. Wright. The objects the two women found around the house symbolize the confinement Mrs. Wright felt from her husband’s abuse
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Trifles by Susan Glaspell Literary devices used in the ‘ Trifles’ Symbolism - to express meaning indirectly. Example: An undone quilt Though the women are laughed at when they are discussing if Mrs Wright is going to quilt it or knot it‚ this really shows the reader what marriages were like at the beginning of the 1900s. Men see women as tedious and uninterested in the affairs of "important matters concerning men only"‚ and the fact that the women are the ones who found the actual evidence
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Susan Glaspell’s short story “A Jury of Her Peers” follows the plot of Minnie Wright and her husband’s death. Its impact as a piece of revolutionary feminist literature is established through her daring choice to explore the depths of morality and justice. She asks us to question ourselves throughout‚ pleading for us to answer to what we would do if justice failed us throughout the course of our lives. The story opens with Mr. and Mrs. Peters‚ the Sheriff and his wife- Mrs. Hale‚ and the county
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the kitchen of John wright and Minnie wright’s abandoned home to investigate the murder of John Wright. The house is a mess as it is described as There was unfinished business everywhere you look. Dirty dishes and a loaf of bread are setting out in the open. The scene looks like someone was in a hurry. Mrs. Wright was taken to prison because she was thought to be guilty of the murder. Mrs Peters and Mrs Hall are at the with their husbands to collect a few things that Mrs. Wright might want while she
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early eighteenth century of oppression and discrimination. Through Mrs. Peters and Hales unwillingness to share the discovery of a dead bird to authorial figures‚ Glaspell conveys to the audience that women have been socially oppressed by men. Mrs. Wright represents many women during this time period‚ so while Mrs. Hale and Peters stay whispering
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introduced to a group of characters that are trying to solve a crime. The murder of John Wright is a crime thought to have been committed by Mrs. Wright. When
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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 arrives at the house to ask John Wright if he wanted to split the cost of a phone line. He knocks without an answer and then becomes more persistent until he hears Mrs. Wright tell him to come inside. As he walks inside he finds her rocking in her chair‚
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