Trifles Susan Glaspell

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Kimberly Jackson
Prof. Adkerson
English 2020
1 November 2015

“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell The play “Trifles,” is about the investigation of the murder of Mr. John Wright; who was found hung by a rope. The investigators are a county attorney names George Henderson, the sheriff Henry Peters and his wife, and neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Hale. The suspected murderer is Mille Wright, Mr. Wright’s wife. The play takes place as they are all standing in the Wright’s kitchen. The men and women separate, the men go upstairs to investigate, while the women gather a few things to take to Mrs. Wright in jail. The women start to talk about how unhappy Mrs. Wright was since she’s been married and how bad the house was looking. The women express sympathy