12 Angry Men In Trifles

The play “Trifles” written by Susan Glaspell a mysterious murder story that took place in the early 1900’s focusing on the psychology of the opposite sex and comparing the two. In the play, Mrs. Minnie Wright, was convicted for the murder of her husband, Mr. John Wright, although there was no physical evidence she was to blame. As a juror in this court I believe Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale should be held accountable for their lack of judgement which caused them to withheld evidence that link directly at Mrs. Wright making her guilty for murdering her husband. Although, it is quite clear Mrs. Wright was mentally unstable which lead her to kill her husband; and leaving Mrs. Wright without the proper mental care she should have received if all the evidence would have been submitted. In the beginning of the story Lewis Hale explains Mrs. Wright “was

Hale found it quite odd about the Wright’s having an animal as beautiful as a bird living there specially when it was always so dark and gloomy in their home. Digging though Mrs. Wright’s sewing basket they found a beautiful red box that contained the “bird” from the missing cage with a “wrung neck”. Seconds after discovery of the dead bird the gentlemen return to the living room asking the women about the empty bird cage they had discovered; both, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, decided to hide their knowledge of the dead bird in the beautiful red box. Mrs. Hale identified the missing link of Mrs. Wright’s motive to murder her husband by stating “Wright, wouldn’t like the bird – a thing that sang. She use to sing. He killed that, too.”. Mr. Wright had obviously oppressed his wife specially during those times when women did not have the right to vote and, much less, to voice their opinions even in the comfort of their own home. Figuratively speaking Mrs. Wright’s beautiful voice was oppressed while the bird was literally killed by non-other than Mr. Wright; which leads us to the psychological snap Mrs. Wright