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How Does Susan Glaspell Present Mrs Hale

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Mrs. Minnie Wright may not ever be present in the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, but she most definitely is the center of attention. She is the leading murder suspect to her husband, John Wright’s death. Mr. Hale, a neighbor, speaks about stopping by their house the day after the murder and only seeing Mrs. Wright in the house. Mr. Hale’s wife, Mrs. Hale, speaks of John as a cruel, unloving husband and understands why Mrs. Wright killed him. Despite the county attorney not being able to find a motive, Mrs. Wright was motivated by unhappiness and anger when she killed her husband. Mrs. Hale speaks very highly of her neighbor, Minnie, before she got married to John Wright. She says Minnie was a happy, lively girl. She wore pretty dresses and stood in the choir and sang. Mrs. Hale is continuously bringing up how John Wright took the life away from Minnie and imprisoned her in their house. Mrs. Hale felt that if she would have visited more often then maybe things wouldn’t have been taken this far. …show more content…

The women and the county attorney first notice the disarray of Minnie’s kitchen and how everything was scattered around and nothing was finished. Then, the ladies notice that she was piecing a quilt. They realize how it goes from being nice and even and then begins to go all over the place. While they are discussing the quilt, they come across an empty bird cage and wonder why Minnie would have it. While digging around some more they find a fancy box. The ladies open the box to find a dead bird wrapped up in a piece of silk. Mrs. Hale makes the remark, “I wonder how it would seem to never have a child around. Wright wouldn’t like the bird, a thing that sang. She used to sing, he killed that to.” It is obvious that all of these findings do give a small motive to why Minnie would have killed

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