while searching for clues in the Wright house. The bird was found in a box and had been wrapped up in silk. When the ladies unwrap the bird‚ they find that its neck had been wrung. At first‚ the women believe that this bird symbolized Mr. Wright—and in a way it does—but it has a more significant meaning to it. They later find a bird cage‚ and that is when the women‚ along with the audience‚ realize what the bird symbolizes. The bird is meant to symbolize Mrs. Wright before she was married. Mrs. Peters
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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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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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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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women should not be ignored like how they were typically ignored in the society before. Also‚ the women are the ones that find the important details. The story begins with the main character‚ Mrs. Halle‚ receiving a call about the murder of Mr. Wright. Mrs. Halle‚ Mr. Halle‚ Mrs. Peters‚ and Mr. Peters head to the house to investigate the death and to find clues about the murder. It is shown that the men were not paying attention to all of the details and their rule was not important. They did
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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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subsequent investigation of the murder of John Wright. As the story unfolds‚ the question becomes not “Who murdered John Wright” but rather “Why was John Wright murdered.” This leads to the idea that Mrs. Wright is not a murderer but rather a victim in Glaspell’s clandestine story. Near the story’s ending‚ the women decide to conceal male investigators of their influential findings after agreeing that Minnie Foster is a victim rather than a culprit.
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LAW‚ JUSTICE‚ AND FEMALE REVENGE IN "KERFOL"‚ BY EDITH WHARTON‚ AND TRIFLES AND "A JURY OF HER PEERS"‚ BY SUSAN GLASPELL Janet Stobbs Wright Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU (Elche) In 1916‚ Edith Wharton and Susan Glaspell coincided in each telling the story of a different fictional murderess. Although both works are written within different genres‚ there are striking similarities between the situations of these women who murdered their husbands. Even more arresting is the choice of the plot
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