Trifles

Trifles In reading the play “Trifles” the reader learns that two of the main characters, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, suppress evidence that will help the county attorney establish the motive behind the murder of John Wright. I feel that the two women are morally obligated to tell the county attorney what they know. It’s the law plain and simple, and I believe in following the law. However, if it were me in the same situation I would have hidden the evidence too. To understand the moral dilemma that faces Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, a few key topics need to be brought to light. Such as some of the major symbols which are used as metaphors in this play, the role of women in 1916, and some character analysis on the two women. The first one is the comparison between Mrs. Wright and a bird. Mrs. Wright is described by Mrs. Hale as “kind of like a bird herself”. This was before her marriage to John Wright. However, birds are forced to live in cages, just as Minnie was forced to live in an abusive relationship in which her husband takes away all of mrs, hale, wright, peters, minnie, women, two, play, bird, chair, sewing, same, one, know, dead, county, attorney, word, wife, while, time, through, something, situation, role, rocking, remembered, reason, motive, minnie’s, men, made, live, law, killing