In Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles‚ John Wright is a farmer who has been murdered by an unlikely suspect‚ his wife‚ Mrs. Wright. The County Attorney‚ Sheriff‚ and Mr. Hale thoroughly scour for evidence of a motive to prove Mrs. Wright’s guilt. But little did the men know that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters had already uncovered the key evidence they were looking for. In Trifles‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover what seems to be trivial evidence but when connected‚ reveals Mrs. Wright’s true motive for
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Irony in “Trifles” The death of a man named John Wright begins the adventure to solving his murder. He was found hanged in his house; while his wife‚ Mrs. Wright‚ is questioned by the police she does not seem to be bothered by her husband’s death. As stated by Mr. Hale when speaking to Mrs. Wright‚ “I want to see John. And then she-laughed” (Glaspell 1048). In Glaspell’s play “Trifles” the two women‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters‚ find many trifles through-out the house that the men consider to be
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of Her Peers” (Roberts‚ Edgar V.‚ and Henry E. Jacobs. Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing [Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Prentice Hall‚ 2001. Print] 202-216)‚ a county attorney‚ a sheriff‚ and their wives investigate at the house of Mrs. Wright for her alleged murder of her husband. The men and women split off to look around the house and towards the end of the story‚ the two wives‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters‚ eventually find evidence in favor of her being the criminal. However‚ instead of
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finding that Mrs. Wright murdered her spouse. George Henderson (the county attorney)‚ Henry Peters (the sheriff) with his wife‚ and Mr. and Mrs. Hale are trying to find out the truth about the scene of the crime. The men disregard and taunt Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters because they were giving careful consideration to the things that the men believed were useless. They couldn’t accept that a woman is able to mastermind such a homicide. Despite the fact that these ladies did not know Mrs. Wright very well‚
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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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unseen Mrs. Wright all exemplify this gender portrayal through their experiences and actions. Glaspel’s portrayal is one of women being confined by society‚ but also rebelling against and breaking out of this confinement. Mrs. Wright was confined by her lonesome house and hard husband‚ as well as the expectations that society had for a wife. Mrs. Hale said how the house “weren’t cheerful ... I dunno what it is but it’s a lonesome place and always was.” (1054). She also said that Mr Wright wouldn’t have
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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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