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Trifles Murder Mystery

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In Trifles, Susan Glaspell uses the murder mystery to explore whether or not the rule of law is always the same as justice. From the beginning of the story the audience can tell that Mrs. Wright did in fact murder her husband and if this was a real life story she most likely would have been tried and convicted, even without the clues that the women found. The men found what they were really searching for, which was nothing. It was obvious that Mrs. Wright had killed her husband. There was no evidence from the encounter that showed anybody else came in the house. The women were just looking around the house and came across some evidence to confirm as to how and why Mrs.Wright killed her husband. The evidence the women found had potential to …show more content…

This was was the climax to this play. All the audience knows up to this point is that Mr. Wright had been murdered and Mrs. Wright was the only person in the house when his body was found. When it came time to question her, the story she told was completely impractical. It seemed that Mrs. Wright was going to get convicted for sure, but there was no true evidence . If the women show the evidence to the men the play would end with Mrs. Wright being thrown in jail. The evidence they found was a bird with a rope tied around his neck just like Mr. Wright was murdered. The women considered everything they saw and ended up having a different view. This view made perfect sense from the women 's perspective. As a reader, the audience can tell if the men saw this evidence they would most likely not agree and would have a whole different perspective than the women. Either way you see it Mrs. Wright did strangle her own husband. So, the women decided to keep the evidence to themselves because even they knew the men wouldn 't be able to see it the way they do. The men would think their theory on Mrs. Wright is absurd and surely put her behind bars. It seems to be that gender roles and being loyal to your own sex is a key part to the play. These roles are so important that being loyal to your own sex could be classified as an actual theme to the play.This is shown when all the women

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