Trifles- A One Act Play

[Lillian]

Is Mr. Wright really so wrong? We are told John Wright was not a bad man, “he didn’t drink, and kept his word . . . and paid his debts.” Minnie Wright’s murder of her husband would be condoned by feminist critics . . . as a “defiance of patriarchy.” Was it a “crime” for Minnie to strangle her husband or simple justice?

[Maria]

Mr. Wright may have been a different person in the privacy of his own home. But when he was in the public eye he may have behaved in a different manner to convince people that he was a good person. Only Mrs. Wright knows the real John Wright. Perhaps, Mr. Wright was an abusive husband mentally,verbally,and physically .The story does mention that Minnie wore a white dress and would sing in a choir that she was happy and Mr Wright did not like for her to sing therefore this is why he killed the canary. Compared to the living conditions that they were living in she was not much of a housekeeper. Mrs.Peters and Mrs Hale hide evidence from the men like the dead bird and the broken bird cage and the quilt that she made knots.The men are looking for evidence to convict Mrs. Wright while the women are hiding evidence and picturing Mr. wright as a mean cold person.

[Yadira]

Simple justice was made when Minnie Wright murdered her husband, Mr. Wright. I believe that Minnie murdered Mr. Wright due to revenge for killing her only companion she had her canary. “No, Wright wouldn't like the bird--a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that, too.” Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale came to the conclusion that the canary replaced the company, attention, and the love that Mr. Wright didn’t give her. Mrs. Wright wasn’t happy at all and everything leads somewhere, she had none to talk to. Mr. Wright wasn’t there for her, he was too busy doing his things and he didn’t even provide a family to Minnie. She felt lonely and discourage with Mr. Wright. Minnie wasn’t a great housewife as they mentioned in the poem maybe she thought it wasn’t worth it and was giving up little by little. The ladies knew and discovered by themselves the reason why Minnie murdered her husband while the gentlemen’s were looking for different kind of clues that didn’t lead anywhere. The ladies inspect each aspect of the house. Especially the way she was sowing they knew she was trying to practice how to murder him. The ladies protected Minnie by not showing their evidence to the gentlemen. They knew Minnie was miserable with her life. She was defending what she loved the most her canary and it was justice for her because she wasn’t happy and Mr. Wright didn’t treat her right he was another person when he was around other people.

[Eric]

By Eric De Leon
There is no way I would call the murder of Mr. Wright justice. The feminist point of view could argue that the murder of her husband was a “defiance of patriarchy.” The argument would be valid, but I also would find it distasteful to condone the action. There is not enough evidence to suggest that Mr. Wright was mistreating Mrs. Wright in any way. Isn’t it also possible that Mr. Wright was just as unhappy in this marriage? Isn’t it also possible that Mrs. Wright, in a psychotic depression could have lost control and killed the bird herself, and then her husband? There was clearly an unhinging that was quite apparent, and I’m not just speaking about the door of the birdcage either. The reader does not know when that final quilt was being worked on by Mrs. Wright. Could it have been before the murder took place? Would it not be indicative of a turbulent mind? The house was unkempt, yet another sign that both the husband and wife could have been struggling with depression. If this was truly an overbearing patriarchal household, I simply can’t see how Mr. Wright, would not obligate his wife to keep with household chores. There simply is not sufficient evidence, but if she killed him, it was murder. The wives are letting their own experiences, being belittled by their husbands, as evidenced in the comment made by Hale, “Well, women are used to worrying over trifles,” shape them negatively. Consequently, they are obstructing justice, not championing it.

[Gilbert]

It’s obvious that Mrs. Wright is guilty of murdering her husband but I believe their isn’t efficient evidence to prove that Mr. Wright was a complete terrible person, except the fact that nobody really kept in touch with the couple, so we assume that Mr. Wright is a bad guy because he’s a man and when in conflict between genders the woman is almost always portrayed as the victim. Maybe their was something beneath the surface of what made Mrs. Wight murder her husband but it’s not mentioned clearly enough. I believe it’s the “natural gender alliance” that influences Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale to construct this idea of Mr. Wright.(It’s ironic that Mr. Wright was slayed the same way he killed his wife’s beloved pet bird.)

[Gilbert]

Eric wrote: "By Eric De Leon
There is no way I would call the murder of Mr. Wright justice. The feminist point of view could argue that the murder of her husband was a “defiance of patriarchy.” The argument wou..."

I agree, i don't seem how the death of a bird is equivalent to a death of a human.

[Janetrendon]

I believe it was a crime that Minnie Wright killed her husband; she may have gone mad though. The writer of this play set a gloomy, rather depressing,and isolated tone to this play, after all a murder case is going on. I find it ironic that the sheriff’s wife is allowed on the crime scene along with her friend, and they’re just talking about how they should have made an effort to be more involved with Minnie’s life. Mrs.Hale and Mrs. Peters obviously did not know Minnie Wright very well. Minnie must have been very dark and miserable with her life if she had to kill her husband, she could of left him, but maybe in that time it wasn’t that easy that could be the reason why, it doesn’t give the motive in the play, which leaves you wondering why she killed him in the first place. Mrs.Hale described Mr. Wright as cold as wind that passes to the bone that’s pretty intense picture to paint about someone. Towards the middle of the story Mrs. Hale and Peters start to discover that there was a quilt Minnie was quilting, they had been becoming pretty nosy and critiquing Minnies sewing skills, yet that was describing the type of person Minnie was. They noticed a broken bird cage, then towards the end Mrs. Hale and Peters discover a dead bird in Minnie’s sewing box. Mrs. Hale and Peters soon become accomplices to Minnies crime in killing her husband, by discarding of evidence to protect Minnie. I believe it is safe to say that Minnie committed a crime and killed Mr. Wright.

[Arlette.Cortez]

I believe Mr. Wright was a bad man even though they mention in the story he wasn’t, “he didn’t drink, and kept his word . . . and paid his debts.” That comment they made was just for the public eye. Not drinking, and paying debts doesn’t make someone good either. In the story they also mention how the house was not cheerful and for me that indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Wright had some personal problems. In the story the characters finally concluded that Minnie Wright was the one who murder her husband by strangling him with a rope. Although they don’t know her reasons I believe that Minnie had a good reason to kill her husband. In the story Mrs. Hale talks about how Mr. Wright “was a hard man… just to pass the time of day with him- (shivers)” and how he wouldn’t enjoy having a singing bird in the house with him “No, Wright wouldn't like the bird--a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that, too.” Comes to show how Mr. Wright was an unjoyful soul to be around with. Perhaps Mrs. Wright grew tired of his ways and didn’t find any other solution but to kill him. No matter what reasons Mrs. Wright had to kill her husband. Killing someone is still consider crime.

[Erick]

What I see on the story is that Mrs. Wrigth suffered from depression. She felt lonely (even do she was married) and desperate. Minnie was a “lively” woman before marriage, she was happy back then. It seem that marriage was not what she expected. As se on the story she was not a good house keeper, her kitchen was a mess. She was most of the time alone with nothing else than a bird in which she grew affection for. Now, for today society, it may be hard to understand that. Let’s put it this way, how would you feel being enclose with nothing to do than use the internet. Now, imagine if someone comes and takes it away, how would you feel? It feels that a part of you just died, doesn’t it? This is the same way that Minnie felt went John Wright killed her canary, a part of her just died. The canary was her only companion; she was a very lonely person. Even the neighbors were aware that her house was not a “cheerful” place to be. The fact that her only friend died, made her angry and desperate. She loved that canary, for her it was more than just a bird, it was her only friend. It was the only thing that kept her from becoming desperate. Now that it was gone, nothing else would matter. Now, I don’t think that John Wright was a bad person, to me he just a cold person. I don’t think that he ever show any kind of affection to her. I don’t even think that he was acting violent to her, as we are never told that she has sings of being mistreated. The only thing that would make sense is that she was perhaps she physiologically abuse, not only by her cold husband but from the way she lived. She was very isolated from the world now that she was married. Was she right killing her husband? I don’t think so. Even don she was being physiologically abused, I don’t thing that she should have gone that far. She could have done something to overcome her anxiety. Maybe, instead of waiting for somebody to visit her, she could have go and visit someone.

[Yuri]

It was a crime for Minnie Wright to kill her husband no one should take justice in their own hands. If Mrs. Wright was having problems she should have spoken up but now it is too late. What I do not understand is why the two ladies hid all the evidence when they knew exactly that Mrs. Wringht was a victim. Mrs. Peters mentions how she is glad the men could not hear them because they would probably laugh for thinking a dead canary was important. This woman did so wrong by taking the bird. The bird could of change the whole story if the county attorney would have seen it. I am very glad I did not live in this era women were treated with no justice. The County Attorney had said, “You know juries when it comes to women. “ In other words, women did not have many rights back then. The men were always superior and no matter what, they would always be the ones with the last word. Poor Mrs. Wrigh even though she is now free from her bad husband she will now me in prison for the rest of her life. It saddened me knowing that such a good lady she used to be has her life ruined over a bad man she probably thought at once was the love of her life. Mrs. Hale mentioned, “She come to think of it, she was kind like a bird herself, real sweet and pretty but kind of timid, and fluttery. How she did change.” It is ironic how a wonderful, lovely girls’ life can have a complete change by just choosing the wrong beloved.

[Eric]

The world is a stage people only let you see what they want you to see. Perception is reality, Mr. Wright could have been seen as a good man in those times. As in the sense of being a provider. a non drinker, and a man who kept his word. Mrs. Wright is another person who seemed so sweet, a person who sang in the choir, and a person who seemed happy. We only know this from the towns people point of view. No one knows who they really are, except them. The only one who knows who he really was, would be his wife. She would be the only one who could have seen is true colors. Maybe he was a violent man. She could have experienced abuse in her home from her husband and she finally had enough and just snapped. She had had her fill of abuse and just killed her husband. It wouldn't be a crime because there're no witnesses. You cant have a murder without any witnesses. Anyone one is capable of doing anything, all it takes is a push.

[Yuri]

Jesus wrote: "I believe that Mr. Wright was not wrong because in the play they mention that he was a good men who did not drink and he always kept his word which shows that he was not bad. On the other hand Minn..."
Jesus first time I do not agree with you. Both ladies mention many things that proved that Mr.Wright was a bad husband. Mrs. Hale mentioned a place would not be any cheerful if Mr. Right was around. I do not believe the jars broke because of the cold, and Mrs. Wright used to be wear pretty clothes,used to sing but not anymore and was very lively till she got married. All this are signs of an abusive and controlling husband. The husband killed the bird because the way she put him in a nicely box shows she cared for the bird. He had taken her away from society, change her ways then he killed her bird. That is when she snapped and had enough the only lovely enjoyment she had so she tried twisting his head just like he twisted her birds.

[Arlette.Cortez]

Janetrendon wrote: "I believe it was a crime that Minnie Wright killed her husband; she may have gone mad though. The writer of this play set a gloomy, rather depressing,and isolated tone to this play, after all a mu..."


I totally agree with you Janet, I also believe that Minnie was the one that murder her husband by strangling him with a rope. As you said we don’t know exactly why she did it we can conclude that it was because perhaps she must have been very dark and miserable with her life by Mr. Wright side. I like how you mention that if Minnie wasn’t happy she could just leave Mr. Wright and how perhaps back in the day that was something that a women couldn’t do. So that left Minnie with only one option. Which was to murder Mr. Wright. In my opinion I believe that Minnie murder Mr. Wright because he killed her bird. In the story it show how the bird was Minnie’s only company and how Mr. Wright didn’t like the bird because it would sing. Just like you, I strongly believe that Minnie murder her husband, Mrs. Wright, to take have revenge because he killed her bird.

[Joanna]

I believe Minnie was going through depression. Mr Wright could of been the best husband there is, but that didn't have Minnie content. We do not really have enough information about how their relationship was in their home, the only thing we know is what people would see. There is a major difference in being the situation and just seeing the situation through the outside. I honestly don't know who killed the bird, at one point I though it was Mr. Wright. I concluded he had killed it because he didn't like the singing of the bird, just like he didn't like Minnie singing. Then I went to another conclusion of maybe minnie killed it, since she was in depression maybe she wanted to kill everyones happiness. Either or, she shouldn't of killed Mr. Wright.

[Risa.Garcia]

It is said that there are always three sides to every story but the truth of the matter in Susan Glaspell’s literary piece, “Trifles”, is that the murder of Mr. John Wright by his wife Minnie Foster is in fact a crime. Those who knew Mr. Wright as a good man will agree that he was criminally murdered while those who knew him as a cold and hard man are left only to sympathize for Mrs. Wright’s wrong doing. They find reasons to justify his murder, just as Mrs. Hales does. Mrs. Peters is forced to remind her, “But, Mrs. Hales, the law is the law”, and, “the law has got to punish crime...”. In other words, although they have come to an understanding of Minnie’s reasons to murder her husband, this crime is still not justifiable. It becomes clear to the audience that the women make this internal decision after finding the deceased canary and hide the box from evidence. It is clear to the men throughout the play that Minnie is without a doubt wrong and guilty according to the law; the county attorney and the sheriff speak freely of this when they find it amusing that Minnie is worried about her fruit preserves.

[Risa.Garcia]

Arlette.Cortez wrote: "I believe Mr. Wright was a bad man even though they mention in the story he wasn’t, “he didn’t drink, and kept his word . . . and paid his debts.” That comment they made was just for the public eye..."

Hey Arlette! From a feminist perspective, I can agree with your thoughts and most certainly sympathize for Minnie's lifestyle but I disagree that she had a "good reason" to kill her husband. In my opinion, murder is only justifiable under very extreme situations, having a cold demeanor is not one of them, and therefore like you said it is still a crime.

[Miguel]

I dont think Mr. Wright was a bad person outside his home because but probably was not the same person with his wife at home. "he didn't drink, and kept his word as well as most, I guess, and paid his debts. But he was a hard man". There is no evidence that he was a bad guy outside his home but he was a hard man to deal with. That is why Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters thought she needed a bird pet. I would consider Minnie committing an act of crime because she murdered her husband and he was not trying to hurt her back. He killed the bird but was not trying to hurt her. It was her fault that the death of the bird made her want to kill him because she gave a lot of meaning to that bird. I would not consider that an act of justice but of injustice because Mr. Wright paid more of what was fair. I also don't consider Mrs. Wright's action of murder a defiance of patriarchy. In the other hand, the action of Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale hiding all the evidence to defend Mrs. Wright from the law, make the reader assume that they have intentions of defiance of patriarchy.

[ChristinaMarie]

I believe Mrs. Wright did commit a crime by strangling her own husband but I also believe it was justice. Mr. Wright took away her passion for singing in the choir back in the day since he didn’t like for her to sing. As well as it is associated with the dead bird that sang. I am assuming he didn’t like music and so what I believe is that Mr. Wright is the one who strangled the bird perhaps and is obviously a very cold and mean person. He probably wanted to see Mrs. Wright suffer so she decided to take his life the same way he took the birds life, assuming he is the one who strangled it. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale are hiding the evidence that could get Mrs. Wright thrown in jail for murdering her husband. “I think that’s why maybe she kept so much to herself. She didn’t even belong to the ladies aid. I suppose she felt she couldn’t do her part, and then you don’t enjoy things when you are feeling shabby. She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively, when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls singing in the choir. But that, oh that was thirty years ago.” So in this part of the play, they explain who she used to be but Mr. Wright took it all away and changed her. So I do believe he wasn’t a good man as people say he was. Nobody knew the real him.

[Jessica]

I believe Minnie Wright committed a crime by strangling her own husband or did she. The truth is that we don't know what exactly happened at the time Mr. Wright was murdered, we can only assume Mrs. Wright murdered him since she was the only one in the home. On the other hand, we can also assume that Mr. Wright killed her canary, her only friend in the house and that was her ending point. She dealt with him every day, his anger maybe his abusiveness and who knows what else; but messing with her only companion, the only thing she really cared about was enough. And the only way to repay for what he has done was to kill him and make him suffer the same way he killed her friend and the way she suffered for years. As a female, I can understand why Mrs. Wright committed this crime. Shes had it with him, everyday the same thing, it was enough for her. She was tired of being depressed, lonely and abused. But, the fact of the matter is murder is murder and there should be justice for Mr. Wright. Also, killing her husband will not take the pain away and the problems.

[Jessica]

Arlette.Cortez wrote: "I believe Mr. Wright was a bad man even though they mention in the story he wasn’t, “he didn’t drink, and kept his word . . . and paid his debts.” That comment they made was just for the public eye..."

I do agree with you from a feminist perspective because she can only take enough till she reacts and killing her bird was her ticking point. But, like you say a crime is a crime.

[Jessica]

Gilbert wrote: "It’s obvious that Mrs. Wright is guilty of murdering her husband but I believe their isn’t efficient evidence to prove that Mr. Wright was a complete terrible person, except the fact that nobody re..."

Gilbert, I agree there isn't enough evidence to know how Mr. Wright behaved with Mrs. Wright we can only assume he was mean to her. Also, you have a good perspective of genders because women are always seen as victims without knowing the whole truth.

[ChristinaMarie]

Miguel wrote: "I dont think Mr. Wright was a bad person outside his home because but probably was not the same person with his wife at home. "he didn't drink, and kept his word as well as most, I guess, and paid ..."

Hello Miguel, I partially don't agree with you because I do get the impression that Mr. Wright was a bad man. Just because they would say he didn't drink and kept his word doesn't mean anything. He could have been the worst husband in the world but a great citizen. Other than that, I agree that when the women were hiding all the evidence to defend Mrs. Wright only makes us readers assume something bad about her.

[ChristinaMarie]

Jessica wrote: "I believe Minnie Wright committed a crime by strangling her own husband or did she. The truth is that we don't know what exactly happened at the time Mr. Wright was murdered, we can only assume Mrs..."

Hi Jessica, I completely agree with everything you are saying. I also believe Mr. Wright was a bad husband to Mrs. Wright and so she got tired of it and killed him. I also believe he was the one who killed the bird. He didn't like when Minnie would sing so he took that away from her. So I would assume that he didn't like the bird since it would sing too.

[Miguel]

ChristinaMarie wrote: "Miguel wrote: "I dont think Mr. Wright was a bad person outside his home because but probably was not the same person with his wife at home. "he didn't drink, and kept his word as well as most, I g..."

Hey Christina I agree with you but I did not explained myself correctly. I also meant that he was a good person outside his home but could have been bad inside his home and with his wife.

[Arlette.Cortez]

ChristinaMarie wrote: "I believe Mrs. Wright did commit a crime by strangling her own husband but I also believe it was justice. Mr. Wright took away her passion for singing in the choir back in the day since he didn’t l..."

I agree with you Christina, I also believed that Mrs. Wright was the one that murder Mr. Wright the same way Mr. Wright murder her bird and I also agree with you when you said she was lively before and Mr. Wright change that. Even though they didn’t say that in the story we can assumed it. But no matter what Mrs. Wright’s reason were for killing her husband that is still consider a murder. Although I don’t agree with you when you said you also believe it was for justice. I believe that if she wanted justice she would had call the cops on him on just leave him. Instead of taking justice into her own hands.

[Maria]

Joanna wrote: "I believe Minnie was going through depression. Mr Wright could of been the best husband there is, but that didn't have Minnie content. We do not really have enough information about how their relat..."
Hey Joanna, It is true it is very hard to draw a conclusion on whether Mrs. Wright did kill her husband. Many people saw Mr. Wright as a good person and provider. But sometimes that is not enough for some people. The story leaves a lot of information out and I guess this is what makes ones mind go wild a think of many conclusions. As Mrs.Peters and Mrs. Hale were drawing a conclusion on that maybe Mr. Wright was not a good husband as everyone thoughts he was.

[Maria]

Eric wrote: "The world is a stage people only let you see what they want you to see. Perception is reality, Mr. Wright could have been seen as a good man in those times. As in the sense of being a provider. a n..."
Hey Eric, I would agree with you,no one really knows who Mr. Wright was behind closed doors.The only person who really knew Mr. Wright was his wife and she is the only one who knew the real Mr. Wright. And like you mentioned she probably got tired of him being abusive to her.And making her miserable and changing the person that she was before she met him.

[Janetrendon]

Eric wrote: "The world is a stage people only let you see what they want you to see. Perception is reality, Mr. Wright could have been seen as a good man in those times. As in the sense of being a provider. a n..."

I definitely agree with you Eric, people will let you see what they want them you to see, However I still think what Mrs. Wright did was in fact a crime. Mrs. Wright seemed happy the way the author painted the picture/image if her anyways, I'm sure there was another way to address her issues, perhaps it was in self defense, perhaps it wasn't like you said there was not any witnesses.

[Jaime]

According to Mrs. Peters, Mr. Wright was a good man "he didn't drink, and kept his word as well as most, I guess and paid his debts.” But no one knew Mr. Wright better than his own wife. Apparently she was unhappy, lonely and depressed, possibly due to an abusive relationship with her husband. The fact that Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale found her dead canary with its neck twisted indicates that her husband probably killed her only companion that made her happy. That probably drew the line and she apparently “lost it” and decided to retaliate for his cruelty by doing the same to him. In Minnie’s eyes she was serving justice for her bird and herself; but in the eyes of society, it was murder.

[Jaqueline]

Mrs. Wright's murder of her husband was not justified and definitely a crime. According to the inferences made by Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, Mr. Wright was an oppressive husband. They imply that he killed the bird, killed Mrs. Wright's will to sing, and killed her joy. However, those are the inferences of the women, who seem to be siding with Mrs. Wright. The way I perceived it, Mrs. Wright seemed to be mentally and emotionally unstable. The cold, apathetic attitude Mr. Hale described of Mrs. Wright when she told him her husband was dead is a sign that she wasn't mentally/emotionally well. I believe the strangled canary was Mrs. Wright's doing, rather than her husband's. As the story indicates, Mr. Wright was a "good man" who "didn't drink, and kept his word… and paid his debts." But, even if Mr. Wright was the oppressive husband the women believed him to be, his murder is not justified. In my opinion Mr. Wright sounds more like a reserved, shy man rather than a harsh, stern one, so I don't believe Minnie Wright found herself having to "defy patriarchy." Though I tend to lean more towards the feminist view, in this case, I believe Minnie Wright had no real reason to kill her husband.

[Jesus M]

I believe that Mr. Wright was a man that did not liked to be disturbed when he was at his house because in the play Hale says, “I spoke to Wright about it once before and he put me off, saying folks talk too much anyways, and all he asked was peace and quiet.” This quote helps the reader understand that Mr. Wright was not so wrong because everyone needs their own personal space but he just exaggerated with wanting peace and silence. Mr. Wright In the play is mention as being a good man who did not drink and always kept his word and paid his debts which show the reader that he was not a bad person. On the other hand Minnie was probably depressed because she did not have children; she only had a canary which Mr. Wright killed by twisting his neck and in the play Mrs.Hale mention, “no, Wright wouldn’t like the bird- a thing that sang. She used to sing, he killed that, too.” I believe that Minnie committed a crime because she strangled Mr. Wright with a rope while he was asleep but it I could be seen as simple justice because he also killed her joy of singing in the choir.

[Ricardo]

In my opinion, Mr. Wright's persona was transparent. No one knew him well but they knew enough about him to know that he didn't drink, he liked peace and quiet, he liked being alone, he didn't like his wife to be out and didn't really care what his wife wanted. Mrs Hale even said “But he was a hard man, Mrs. Peters. Just to pass the time of day with him…Like a raw wind that get to the bone”. So Maybe he was abusive verbally or physically? That does make him guilty of abuse but not guilty enough to be killed. His death was murder. I do not believe that it was Justice at all. How is murder Justice? Maybe he strangled the bird? Maybe she strangled him for it? Justice has to be served morally not as revenge.

[Perla]

Not enough evidence is given to judge if Mr. Wright was a good man or not. In the city people thought of him as a good man but we don’t know how he was at home. Although, we can conclude that he did kill the bird because he never liked Minnie singing. “No, Wright wouldn’t like the bird- a thing that sang. She used to sing . He killed that, too.” I think Minnie did go a little too far by killing her husband. I think that their relationship was not very strong because she was in a depression and she found a bird to be her companion instead of her husband. I find it to be a crime for Minnie to kill her husband because you can’t really compare a bird life to a human life. I think the females were hiding the evidence so Minnie wasn't found guilty because they wanted to justify her actions and make Mr. Wright look like the bad guy.

[Risa.Garcia]

Ricardo wrote: "In my opinion, Mr. Wright's persona was transparent. No one knew him well but they knew enough about him to know that he didn't drink, he liked peace and quiet, he liked being alone, he didn't like..."

Hi Ricardo! I strongly agree with your opinion on Mr. Wright's persona; he is extremely transparent. We as the readers do not know enough about him to say he was either bad or good. Neither do the women, Mrs. Hales and Mrs. Wright, but they do attempt to make his murder justifiable. The truth of the matter is though that because we do not know enough about him, Minnie killing him is indeed not justifiable.

[Yadira]

Jaime wrote: "According to Mrs. Peters, Mr. Wright was a good man "he didn't drink, and kept his word as well as most, I guess and paid his debts.” But no one knew Mr. Wright better than his own wife. Apparent..."

Jaime, I totally agree with you that no one knew Mr. Wright as much as his wife.I also believe that he killed the canary and Minnie served justice for her companion that made her happy. I would've lost it too as you mentioned that Minnie lost it. I think she did service justice for her canary he well deserved for killing someone innocent.

[Yadira]

Yuri wrote: "It was a crime for Minnie Wright to kill her husband no one should take justice in their own hands. If Mrs. Wright was having problems she should have spoken up but now it is too late. What I do no..."

Yuri, I disagree with you that Mrs. Wright did wrong on killing her husband because if she wouldn't serve justice for her canary and the way she was treated who would? Nobody would've done anything if she would've spoken up or gone somewhere to help her. Is an era were nobody would listen to an abuse women. They might of thought she was lying even during this era we have people that don't listen to us women when we are mistreated. I believe she did the right thing and I'm glad that those two ladies hid the evidence of the canary. Women didn't have any rights back then imagine what would've happened to Mrs. Wright if those ladies would've not helped her.

[Jaime]

Perla wrote: "Not enough evidence is given to judge if Mr. Wright was a good man or not. In the city people thought of him as a good man but we don’t know how he was at home. Although, we can conclude that he d..."

Hello Perla, I agree with you that it was a crime for Mrs. Wright to kill her husband for revenge of her canary. Although the canary meant the world to her, you cannot compare the death of a bird to the death of a human being.

[Ricardo]

Maria wrote: "Mr. Wright may have been a different person in the privacy of his own home. But when he was in the public eye he may have behaved in a different manner to convince people that he was a good person...."

Hey Maria, I really liked your post. It made me think about how we all put on a persona in the public eye to mask our true identities. So in a way we are all a little like Mr. Wright we all have personalities or traits in our home that no one is aware of.

[Ricardo]

Janetrendon wrote: "I believe it was a crime that Minnie Wright killed her husband; she may have gone mad though. The writer of this play set a gloomy, rather depressing,and isolated tone to this play, after all a mu..."

Hey Janet, great summary of the play. You mentioned in your post that Mrs. Wright committed a crime. Although you are right that she did commit a crime, that got me thinking about justice. Is it possible for someone to act outside the law but still be just? Take for example Batman. He is a vigilante acting outside the law to bring justice. Which is considered a crime by the law. Is Batman then considered unjust because he is acting outside the law?

[Jesus M]

Jaqueline wrote: "Mrs. Wright's murder of her husband was not justified and definitely a crime. According to the inferences made by Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, Mr. Wright was an oppressive husband. They imply that he..."

hi jaqueline, i agree with you when you say that Mrs. Wright's murder of her husband was a crime because she was the one who strangled Mr. Wright with a rope. I would considered Mr. Wright as being a close person because he did not went to the phone party when he got invited, he wanted peace and quiet in his house. In my perspective i believe that Mr. Wright killed the canary and that is why Mrs. Wright went insane and did the same thing to him.

[Jaqueline]

Gilbert wrote: "It’s obvious that Mrs. Wright is guilty of murdering her husband but I believe their isn’t efficient evidence to prove that Mr. Wright was a complete terrible person, except the fact that nobody re..."

Hi, Gilbert. It's interesting that you mention that in a conflict between a man and a woman, the woman will usually be seen as the victim and I totally agree. In this case, I think it's very possible that Mr. Wright was indeed the victim even before being murdered. We don't know enough about Mr. Right to know if he was the horrible husband the women say he was so I definitely don't believe his murder could be justified in any way. Good job!

[Jaqueline]

Maria wrote: "Mr. Wright may have been a different person in the privacy of his own home. But when he was in the public eye he may have behaved in a different manner to convince people that he was a good person...."

Hey, Maria. While I can understand why some would gather that Mr. Wright might have been an abusive husband, I really don't think he was. The more I think about this play the more I think that Mr. Wright was innocent of all the accusations made by Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale. If anything I think he may have been guilty of emotional neglect, like Eric De Leon said in class (if I'm not mistaken) but I just think the couple lacked communication in general.

[Erick]

Miguel wrote: "I dont think Mr. Wright was a bad person outside his home because but probably was not the same person with his wife at home. "he didn't drink, and kept his word as well as most, I guess, and paid ..." I also think that Mr.Wright was not a bad person. The way I represent him is being a cold person. i don't think that he ever show any kind of affection to her. Because of this she felt depressed. The bird had much more meaning to her than her husband. The fact that it was gone, made her insane. She lost the only thing that give meaning to her life.

[Frank Corral]

I find it too unclear to decide that Mr. Wright was bad enough to be strangled in his sleep. There’s no real evidence showing that he was abusive to his wife, all we really know is that superficially he was “not a bad man”. Through the readings we can conclude that Mrs. Wrights most likely killed her husband, it is revealed that their home is too quiet, it’s lonely, and along with that both Mr. and Mrs. Wright were no longer keeping maintenance in their home. They gave up, basically too unhappy to give a damn, it’s interesting how Mrs. Hale says “then you don’t enjoy things when you feel shabby”. We kind of get the feeling that other females understand each other, they look out for each other when they also disagree with the unjust behaviors of men. Though Mrs. Wright’s actions have reason behind them, the murder of her husband is without a doubt a crime! The action of ending her husband’s life because she is excessively unhappy is no just reason for murder. However I can see how her actions are a defiance of patriarchy, women are fed up with the bullshit they are forced to endure, the constant belittling by the detective and sheriff is annoying, they act as if women only have the mental capacity to think of household duties and knitting, the way she got her revenge is especially symbolic, she used pure force to choke him to death, women aren't strong according to stereotypes therefore shattering the “social norm”.

[Joanna]

Risa.Garcia wrote: "It is said that there are always three sides to every story but the truth of the matter in Susan Glaspell’s literary piece, “Trifles”, is that the murder of Mr. John Wright by his wife Minnie Foste..."
Hi Risa, maybe you are right. Maybe at the end what the story was trying to tell us is that Mrs. Wright is the murderer after all the evidence the other two women have got. Yet, there is a lot of things that can't be proved. Who killed the bird, and did Mrs. Wright really murder her husband?

[Joanna]

Erick wrote: "What I see on the story is that Mrs. Wrigth suffered from depression. She felt lonely (even do she was married) and desperate. Minnie was a “lively” woman before marriage, she was happy back th..."

Hi Erick, if you see the story from that point of view I agree. She shouldn't have killed her husband. She may have been the most unhappy person ever but that's not a good reason to commit murder. If she felt so isolated she should of done something about it.