Wright (Trifles) are forced to make difficult decisions and face the consequences of their …show more content…
Though she is not present in the play due to her incarceration, the entire story revolves around her actions stemming from her apparent unhappiness. Minnie was once known as a pleasant girl, Mrs. Hale describing her as “she used to wear pretty clothes and be lively, when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls singing in the choir (Glaspell 14).” Over the years of her marriage with Mr. Wright, she became dull and reclusive. Mr. Wright was known as a good and honest man in the public eye, but behind closed doors was gloomy and stony-hearted. Minnie kept a pet bird because she enjoyed the music and liveliness it brought to her, but Mr. Wright in a fit of rage broke the cage and snapped the bird’s neck, evidence discovered by Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. The two women found many clues gone unseen by the men, such as her bad quilt stitches and bread left on the counter, which they referred to as “trifles” but actually were the key pieces of evidence in solving the case. It became clear to Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters that Minnie Wright did in fact kill her husband, doing it in the same fashion that he had killed her bird. The two women decide that Minnie had been through enough suffering, and as a result hide the evidence in order to finally grant her the freedom she was longing