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Peters asks if he wants to look over what Mrs. Peters is taking to Minnie in jail, but the attorney says that she’s trustworthy because, after all, “a sheriff’s wife is married to the law.” The overheard conversation of the men reemphasizes the importance of what the women have found: the one remaining piece of evidence. Mr.
• The attorney and sheriff decide that there is nothing important in the room ‚Nothing here but kitchen things.‛ • This line is shows that men minimize the importance of women in society.
Hale says “women are used to worrying over trifles .” The men repeatedly dismiss things as beneath their notice if they are things such as the canning jars of fruit that are, in their opinions, women’s concerns.
In fact, he is the one to entirely miss the importance of the change in Minnie's sewing; he hears the Sheriff making fun of the quilt and echoes the same joke later.
The women decide to hide the evidence of the dead bird to protect Mrs. Wright, as they seem to understand and sympathize with her plight. The murder was justified if Mrs. Wright killed her husband in self-defense.
Peters realize from the clues they find that Mrs. Wright (Minnie Foster) has killed her husband but that she was justified in doing so. They conceal the evidence to prevent Mrs. Wright's possible conviction.
Being the Sheriff's wife, Mrs. Peters probably feels an extra duty to make sure that "justice is served." The County Attorney even reminds her that she's "Married to the law" (147).
The wife of the murdered John Wright, and his killer. Mrs. Hale remembers Minnie for her youthful innocence and happiness before she was married (when she was Minnie Foster). Back then, she sang joyfully in the local choir.
Since the Sheriff is a lawman like the County Attorney, his misogyny also points out the misogyny of a system of laws that women aren't allowed to take part in creating. The fact that he's married to Mrs. Peters, who rebels against this system, seems to heighten her act of rebellion.
Minnie Wright A young man who holds the position of county attorney overseeing the investigation of John Wright's murder. Henderson is self-confident in his ability to build a case against Minnie Wright and particularly sarcastic in his belittling of the female characters.
George HendersonGeorge Henderson, The County Attorney in Trifles.
Peters and Mrs. Hale discover the dead canary in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket, they realize that her murder of her husband did not result solely from her unhappiness in her marriage but from an enforced return to solitude by the killing of her pet bird.
Peters' stance on the law change? Mrs. Peters' begins to sympathize with Mrs. Wright, recalling her own suffering (i.e. the child, the kitten) and thus softening her stance on absolute law.
He notes, though, that he had sent his deputy, Frank, to the farmhouse earlier to build the stove fire, “but I told him not to touch anything except the stove—and you know Frank."
Wright commits three crimes against Mrs. Wright. He took away her youth and imprisoned her, second he isolated her from family and friends and showed her no love, and lastly he killed her only friend the singing Canary.
Wright's motive for the murder. Factors like, loneliness, depression, and lack of freedom justifies how Mrs. Wright sense of enjoyment of life was negatively affected and they are the reason for Mrs. Wright to murder her husband.