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Mrs Hale's Use Of Dramatic Irony In Trifles

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There is direct characterization when Mrs. Hale defends comments from the county attorney about Mrs. Wright being a poor housekeeper by saying there is abundance of work to accomplish when you live on a farm, and sometimes things are left half-finished. The county attorney tries to convince the ladies that a women’s place is in the kitchen and from the looks of this kitchen Mrs. Wright was not a good wife, or housekeeper because of how dirty her towels looked after he wiped his hands. Mrs. Hales defends Mrs. Wrights honor once again by saying men’s hands are rarely clean especially when they work all day and night tending to farm duties, they can be quite dirty. The county attorney feels that Mrs. Hale is a feminist because she’s loyal to Mrs. Wright since they both are women and also Implies that since they were neighbors they must have been friends too. More often than not men tend to think that most women stand up for each other against anything men might say or do. …show more content…

Hale is being the crusader for women’s rights and is not afraid to stand up against the men when they continue to snoop around the kitchen criticizing everything they see and touch but not taking in account that maybe Mrs. Wright did not have time to tidy up the house since she was carried out in such a rush to jail, and that maybe the deputy sheriff that came ahead of time to start the fire could have dirtied up the towels and they just blaming it on Mrs. Wright not being a good housekeeper without knowing the circumstances surrounding the issue of untidiness. Mrs. Peters take a casual stance and defends the men’s rights as investigators but Mrs. Hale has a great come back line with sarcasm “Duty’s all right”, this is her way of challenging Mrs. Peter’s stance and placing the blame back on the

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