pg. 167 2,3,5
2. The opposition between male and female in the play -
Attorney prompts the women to come up to the fire, Mrs. Peters states she is not cold, but moves closer to the fire anyhow.
What John's wife wanted made no difference to John -stated by Hale
Sheriff thinks that Mrs. Wright is crazy to be worrying about her preserves, when she is in jail for murder.
Hale states women are "used to" worrying about trifles.
The attorney is appalled at the cleanliness of the hand towel roller- Mrs. Hale points out there is much work to be done on a farm. He dismisses her, saying plenty of farms have clean paper rollers, or are clean.
Attorney agrees the home is not cheerful, and once again criticizes Mrs. Wright's homemaking skills. Mrs. Hale shoots back that John Wright clearly had no homemaking skills either
The Sheriff mocks the women for contemplating how Mrs. Wright may have planned on finishing a pretty quilt. By quilting or knotting.
Mrs. Hale doesn't appreciate his comments, Mrs. Peters excuses the men, saying they are concerned with bigger things (an exception to the opposition).
The me seem certain that the women can be trusted, and that they are only concerned with silly things.
The women have discovered compelling evidence as to why Mrs. Wright would have strangled Mr. Wright in his sleep.
The biggest opposition would be Mrs. Wright and Mr. Wright- as she killed him (by strangulation) for strangling her canary.
In staging, it is clear that the men feel the aspects/locations they are examining are far important than what the women are doing, however the women actually discover the reason behind the crime as they are concerning themselves with "trifles".
The patterns I can observe are that throughout the tale the men have very little respect for the women, and tend to mock and make fun of their concerns. The women quietly resent these attitudes.
3. The birdcage and canary are introduced when the women find the empty cage with the broken door. They converse in depth about whether Mrs. Wright had a bird and where it might have gone, until they locate it's tiny, strangled body in a beautiful box among Mrs. Wright's things. The bird symbolizes Mrs. Wright herself, as a beautiful singing creature that feels imprisoned. Eventually, the bird symbolizes Mr. Wright too, as the bird is strangled, so to is Mr. Wright. Clearly, Mrs. Wright took major offense to Mr. Wright's treatment of her beloved canary, and exacted the same justice on him. This may seem a "trifle" to some, but not to Mrs. Wright. She cared for her bird, and resented her husband for killing it- and for his treatment of her.
5. The play on words in "knot it" - well, she knotted the rope around his neck, much as she planned on knotting her blanket to it's completion. The term was introduced as the ladies attempted to figure out how Mrs. Wright planned on completing a blanket she was in the process of creating. Through their search to discover this "trifle" of information, they located the motivation for the murder. It was a very powerful line to end the play on, as it insinuates they know Mrs.Wright did it, and her reasons behind doing so.
Attorney prompts the women to come up to the fire, Mrs. Peters states she is not cold, but moves closer to the fire anyhow.
What John's wife wanted made no difference to John -stated by Hale
Sheriff thinks that Mrs. Wright is crazy to be worrying about her preserves, when she is in jail for murder.
Hale states women are "used to" worrying about trifles.
The attorney is appalled at the cleanliness of the hand towel roller- Mrs. Hale points out there is much work to be done on a farm. He dismisses her, saying plenty of farms have clean paper rollers, or are clean.
Attorney agrees the home is not cheerful, and once again criticizes Mrs. Wright's homemaking skills. Mrs. Hale shoots back that John Wright clearly had no homemaking skills either
The Sheriff mocks the women for contemplating how Mrs. Wright may have planned on finishing a pretty quilt. By quilting or knotting.
Mrs. Hale doesn't appreciate his comments, Mrs. Peters excuses the men, saying they are concerned with bigger things (an exception to the opposition).
The me seem certain that the women can be trusted, and that they are only concerned with silly things.
The women have discovered compelling evidence as to why Mrs. Wright would have strangled Mr. Wright in his sleep.
The biggest opposition would be Mrs. Wright and Mr. Wright- as she killed him (by strangulation) for strangling her canary.
In staging, it is clear that the men feel the aspects/locations they are examining are far important than what the women are doing, however the women actually discover the reason behind the crime as they are concerning themselves with "trifles".
The patterns I can observe are that throughout the tale the men have very little respect for the women, and tend to mock and make fun of their concerns. The women quietly resent these attitudes.
3. The birdcage and canary are introduced when the women find the empty cage with the broken door. They converse in depth about whether Mrs. Wright had a bird and where it might have gone, until they locate it's tiny, strangled body in a beautiful box among Mrs. Wright's things. The bird symbolizes Mrs. Wright herself, as a beautiful singing creature that feels imprisoned. Eventually, the bird symbolizes Mr. Wright too, as the bird is strangled, so to is Mr. Wright. Clearly, Mrs. Wright took major offense to Mr. Wright's treatment of her beloved canary, and exacted the same justice on him. This may seem a "trifle" to some, but not to Mrs. Wright. She cared for her bird, and resented her husband for killing it- and for his treatment of her.
5. The play on words in "knot it" - well, she knotted the rope around his neck, much as she planned on knotting her blanket to it's completion. The term was introduced as the ladies attempted to figure out how Mrs. Wright planned on completing a blanket she was in the process of creating. Through their search to discover this "trifle" of information, they located the motivation for the murder. It was a very powerful line to end the play on, as it insinuates they know Mrs.Wright did it, and her reasons behind doing so.
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