Trifles

They go into detail about Mrs. Wright's husband and why/how she killed him.

How did the conflict affect the plot?

Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale found evidence to how/why she killed her husband. The men didn't find any useful evidence that she killed her husband. By her actions is how they decided she killed her husband and shes going to jail.

Conflict Resolved

Trifles

Main Conflict

Conflict: Mrs. Wright killed her husband because he made her miserable. He made things hard for her. When he came home from work he never showed her any attention. The bird kept her company while her husband was at work but when her husband came home from work she was alone.

Summary

This story takes place in the farmhouse of Mr. and Mrs. Wright's. In this home Mr. Wright was hung and people believe that it was Mrs. Wright. This thought came from Hale and his story of finding the body and how bizarre she was acting. After he had shared his story with the authorities, the group of men went and began searching through the house, and the two women began to collect things Mrs. Wright wanted. As they did this they found a broken birdcage, then a beautiful box with a dead bird. Once they found this the women began to speculate if this was the reason she would kill her husband. In the end only the County Attorney decides to stay and the rest leave but Mrs. Hale is secretly carrying the box with the dead bird.

By; Sam, Jake, Paige, Brayden, Julia

Main Themes

• What goes around comes around- John Wright killed his wife's bird and it return Mrs. Wright killed him

• Never judge a book by its cover- The women kept saying there was no way Mrs. Wright could do it but by evidence its looks like she did

Characters

Hale: friend of Mr. Wright first one to discover Mr Wright died, after he stopped by to talk to Mr Wright. he is a farmer like John. he saw mrs wright acting strange.

County attorney; he has been ordered to investigate mr wrights death. he is proper and acts professional. he also criticizes mrs, wrights house making skills. he's mean.

sheriff: he is there to examine the murder of wright. he tells the woman about their faulty house making skills.

mrs. peters:sheriff wife, follows law, apologizes for men's behavior, understands womans loneliness

Motifs/ Symbols

Mrs. Wrights bird was a symbol in the story. It symbolized Mrs. Wrights happiness, it was all she had to be happy about. John Wright killed his wife's bird leading her to kill him. The motif for Mrs. Wright to kill John was he killed her bird but also because she was unhappy with him and how he treated her poorly.

Characters

narrator: third person omniscient.

Mr. Wright: he is the deceased owner of the farm. He was the husband of Mrs. Wright. She murdered him after a rough marriage, and after he strangled her bird. She then Strangled him.

Mrs Wright: wife who murdered Mr. Wright. She killed him after he killed the bird.

Mrs. Hale: Mr Hales Husband. Seemed defensive toward Mrs.Wright. Discovered bird that Mr wright strangled.