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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John Wright‚ a farmer from a small country town‚ is found murdered in his bed; a thick piece of rope is bound tightly around his neck. His wife‚ a peaceful and passive woman‚ is held as a suspect for the unlawful death. The killing baffles investigators; although a gun is established in the home‚ the weapon of John Wright’s demise is a piece of rope (Glaspell 5). This intriguing murder-mystery is the plot of the one-act play‚ Trifles‚ which was written in 1918 by Susan Glaspell. The tragedy is loosely
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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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Essay The play “Trifles” is a murder mystery‚ which takes place in the kitchen of the Wrights home. In the beginning of the story‚ Glaspell sets the murder scene in the audiences mind by having Mr. Peters and Mr. Henderson interview Mr. Hale on his discovery of Mr. Wright’s body. Mr. Hale then begins to talk about the condition of Mr. Wright‚ and then continues on and talks about the behavior of Mrs. Wright The rising action in the story begins after the men leave the women‚ and go upstairs
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much more time consuming and tedious than it could have been. This demonstrates that men typically think of the easiest and quickest way to handle situations. The readers are more inclined to side with the women because they explain why the way Mr. Wright was killed and the symbolism displayed in the
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the isolation created by society because of that view‚ is revealed as the other women try to figure out Minnie Wright ’s motive for murdering her husband. This story takes us back in time to a place in our history where men and women played very different roles in their lives. In the end‚ all is revealed as Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover
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Justice Is Served Justice is served‚ a three word sentence that holds to be true and false at the same time. The true definition of justice can be hidden behind the eye of the beholder. In Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles Mr. John Wright is strangled in the middle of the night. His wife seems to know nothing of the murder‚ nor does she seem concerned about the death of her husband. She is considered the prime suspect from the beginning. The Sheriff‚ his wife‚ Mr. and Mrs. Hale‚ and the county
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Susan Glaspell’s one-act play‚ Trifles‚ weaves a tale of an intriguing murder investigation to determine who did it. Mrs. Wright is suspected of strangling her husband to death. During the investigation the sheriff and squad of detectives are clueless and unable to find any evidence or motive to directly tie Mrs. Wright to the murder. They are baffled as to how he was strangled by a rope while they were supposedly asleep side by side. Glaspell artfully explores gender differences between men and
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