Trifles And Suppressed Desires

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play, the key characters never appear on stage. I believe seeing her gives a major impact to the setting. It helps the audience see the people surrounding the mystery. Even though she does not utter a word, her expressions help tell the story.
The characters enter the room from the outside and are bundled in heavy clothing indicating that it is extremely cold outside. There are three men, Sheriff Peters, who is dressed in a coat and hat. His clothes make him appear to be about middle class. Followed by the County Attorney, Mr. Henderson, who is dressed a little nicer and classier than the other men and the neighbor Mr. Hale. Behind the men are two women. One is Mrs. Hale, the neighbor's wife who is dressed very homely and Mrs. Peter's, the Sheriff's wife, who is dressed very nicely but looks very uncomfortable. The costumes help give the idea of the status of these characters and help declare what they represent. The most distinguishing was Mr. Henderson who looked like he ...

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murder. Mrs. Peter notices that Mrs. Wright had been knitting a quilt. As the two women are wondering whether she was going to "quilt it or knot it," the men come down and laugh, making fun of the women. The men have no idea that the women have made a very important discovery. Mrs. Hale resents the men's attitude and rips out the wrong stitches in the quilt and repairs them. The audience gets the idea the ladies are reacting to the unwarranted female bashing of the men.
The ladies also find another important clue, the dead bird. When the men return the lady's hide, what they see as evidence of Mrs. Wrights guilt. It is realized at this point that she strangled her husband as ...

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