Lloyd Wright

In the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell, the men are portrayed as condescending towards women. The play centers on the murder of John Wright who died in his bed by strangulation. His wife Minnie has been charged with the crime. When the play begins, the County Attorney, the neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Hale, and the Sheriff and his wife have come to collect things to take to Minnie in jail. In addition, the men want to look around the murder scene upstairs clues. The men never stop to think why such a…

4.) In Susan Glaspell’s “trifles” Mr. hale is giving a statement about what he witnessed after showing up to Minnie wrights home the day Mr. Wright was murdered. He talks about Minnie wright as almost careless about her husband’s death. She seemed antsy and a bit nervous but she had a way about her that showed she wasn’t too torn up about his passing.Mr hale did not really know how to interpret her reaction. He seemed confused or unsure about whether or not she was upset or happy that her…

if the defendant, Mrs. Minnie Wright, is found guilty of the murder of her husband. John Wright, a farmer, who was found dead in his bed by a neighbor, Mr. Hale. Mr. Hale went to see if he could get John Wright to go with him on a party telephone. Mrs. Wright looked queer as she rocked back and forth pleading her apron. Mrs. Wright laughed as Mr. Hale asks to see John and says that he died of a rope around his neck. We have enough evidence to prove that Mrs. Wright is guilty. Mrs. Wright’s…

describes the investigation of Mrs. Wright, a farmer’s wife who is in jail because she was accused of murdering her husband, but had no apparent motive for murder. While searching for evidence at her house, three men look for obvious facts and motives, but are unsuccessful. On the other hand, two women, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, pay close attention to trifles and reveal many secrets about the Wright family, but decide to keep them a secret. As they sympathize with Mrs. Wright, they are also…

Was He Really Mr. Wright? In “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, Mr. Wright has been found strangled in his sleep. Prime suspect? His wife, Mrs. Wright, previously known as Minnie Foster. Mr. Henderson sets out to find something that would show anger or “sudden feeling” that will reveal a motive for the murder and solve the case. But blinded by their sexist views, the men are unable to find evidence that leads them to the solution of the case. Although Mrs. Wright claims to have been…

and searching the Wrights' house. Mrs. Wright is suspected of killing her husband, and while the men are uncovering evidence of the crime, the women fetch Mrs. Wright some clothes to bring to her in jail. As the county attorney searches the kitchen, he is surprised when "he turn[s] to wipe them [his hands] on the roller towel—whirl[ing] it for a cleaner place. "Dirty towels! Not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies?" (Glaspell 8). The county attorney clearly expects…

convict Mrs. Wright, the women find small details that could have easily convicted her. The quilt holds one of these minute clues. The women find a quilt that Mrs. Wright had been sewing and notice that the sewing had begun to be sporadic near the end. Mrs. Hale states that “[it’s] all over the place (Glaspell 822).” Whereas, the stitching had previously been “nice and even (Glaspell 822).” This detail holds significance because it shows that something had changed within Mrs. Wright. Even after…

mind as she felt bad for not helping Minnie when she needed her. So she keeps defending her and helping her in her own way like when she stands for Minnie when Mrs. peters said ‘he’ll make fun of her saying she didn’t wake up’ by saying ‘I guess john wright didn’t wake up….etc.’. That’s why this play is an overwhelming play as it have so many hidden words and meanings you don’t just have to read it and you have to read between all the lines and that’s how Glaspell tamed all the…

sweet birds that love to sing, so when Minnie Foster took over the custody of a young canary, her singing habits took flight. However, her husband Mr. Wright crushed her happy hobby. “No, Wright wouldn’t like the bird—a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that, too” (Glaspell 751). As a result of this quote, it is evident that John Wright not only murdered Minnie Foster’s canary, but also her will to sing. Through singing, Minnie Foster formed a connection with her bird that…

is an identity especially for Mrs. Courland who wished to escape “housewifery (p. 4 Sedgwick)” but failed to do so. In Jury of Her Peers, however, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters do the quite opposite and keep quiet about the evidence that proves Minnie Wright murdered her husband. Their silence is their power against the men as the women have been able to find the evidence the men could not. Using their silence, they are able to save whatever is left of Minnie’s life. Sedgwick uses expression to give…