Analysis Of The Play Trifles

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After reading the play Trifles, I have several assertions. Mrs. Wright felt controlled by Mr. Wright, so she killed him. Mrs. Wright felt trapped by Mr. Wright. Mr Wright’s killing of her bird is what caused her to kill him.
There is a lot of textual evidence throughout the play that suggests Mrs. Wright as the killer. After Mr. Wright’s death, Mrs. Wright just sat there in shock of what she had just done. The evidence for this is presented on page 257 when Mr. Hale says, “...He’s dead.. She just nodded her head not getting a bit excited...she was still sitting that same way....unconcerned…” Mr. Wright is dead and she’s just sitting there apathetically. She appears to be in shock when Mr. Hale shows up. The ladies in the play talk about Mrs. Wright while they are gathering her things. On page 261, they discuss the Mrs. Wright that they used know, “ She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively, when she was …show more content…

Wright is assumed to be guilty of her husband’s murder. On page 269 Henderson says, “...It’s all perfectly clear except a reason for doing it…” from this text we gather that the police have enough evidence to put her in jail. Even if the police can’t find a motive, they can still put her in jail for the murder. The men are sure that she committed the murders. The women aren’t sure. Mrs. Wright was their friend and they don’t know for sure if she killed her husband. On page 261 the women’s conversation is,”Do you think she did it? (Mrs. Hale) Oh, I don’t know. (Mrs. Peters)”. Her own friends didn’t know for sure. They had to consider it. On page 268 we have evidence that suggests her friends think she’s guilty, “If I was you I wouldn’t tell her her fruit was gone. Tell her it ain’t. Tell her it’s all right… She may never know whether it was broke or not.” Her friends want to lie to her. They know she isn’t getting out. They know she’ll never know if her fruit was really alive because she will be in jail for killing her

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