The “Trifles” play, published by Susan Glaspell, started off the play with the prime suspect that killed Mr. Wright being Mrs. Wright, his wife. On the other hand, in “The Cask of Amontillado”, published by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator started off with Montresor plotting to on taking his revenge on Fortunato. As much as there are similarities in both the play and story, there are also differences that distinct both the narrators. For instance, in “The Cask of Amontillado”, the reader will immediately know that Fortunato’s killer was Montresor. During the end of the story, when Fortunato was being buried alive, he said, “It was now midnight, and my task was drawing to a close…. I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture and let it fall
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Wright or someone else. What the play has provided us is mere accusation, that she killed him because she was with him when he was killed. Furthermore, during the discussion between Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale said, that Mrs. Wright “ liked the bird. She was going to bury it in that pretty box” (948). Theoretically, if Mr. Wright killed the bird, Mrs. Wright would want to take her revenge on him, but the issue is that we do not know who killed the bird. For all we know, it could be Mr. Wright or it would be someone else trying to make it look like it was Mr. Wright to tie Mrs. Wright to the crime. The way the bird was killed depict that the killer wants to tie Mrs. Wright to the crime, the bird’s head was twisted similarly to the way Mr. Wright was killed.
If Mrs. Wright was the killer, and that Mr. Wright killed her bird, Mrs. Wright would be more defensible to me because she might of have tried to protect her bird. Not saying that killing is ever justified, but Mrs. Wright’s actions would have been more to defend herself than to kill for fun and joy. However, in “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor seemed to be more joyful while plotting to kill Fortunato. The fact that he buried him alive and torched him with fire, shows that he really wanted to do it, thus making his action not
Wright or someone else. What the play has provided us is mere accusation, that she killed him because she was with him when he was killed. Furthermore, during the discussion between Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale said, that Mrs. Wright “ liked the bird. She was going to bury it in that pretty box” (948). Theoretically, if Mr. Wright killed the bird, Mrs. Wright would want to take her revenge on him, but the issue is that we do not know who killed the bird. For all we know, it could be Mr. Wright or it would be someone else trying to make it look like it was Mr. Wright to tie Mrs. Wright to the crime. The way the bird was killed depict that the killer wants to tie Mrs. Wright to the crime, the bird’s head was twisted similarly to the way Mr. Wright was killed.
If Mrs. Wright was the killer, and that Mr. Wright killed her bird, Mrs. Wright would be more defensible to me because she might of have tried to protect her bird. Not saying that killing is ever justified, but Mrs. Wright’s actions would have been more to defend herself than to kill for fun and joy. However, in “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor seemed to be more joyful while plotting to kill Fortunato. The fact that he buried him alive and torched him with fire, shows that he really wanted to do it, thus making his action not