Trifle's is a good play
Susan Glaspell's Trifles is a good play because it unravels the different motives for murder throughout the play. Unlike most murder mysteries, Trifles is a play where the reader knows the murderer early on. Some readers may say that this makes the play bad. However, a murder mystery does not have to always have the reader in suspense to find out who the culprit was, but it can also have the reader in suspense to find out questions of why the culprit did it. Trifles is a play that does just that, it keeps the reader wondering what drove this woman to kill her husband. One element of a murder mystery play is motive. Motive is the reason or emotion that drives a person to do something. In the beginning of Trifles the reader is confused of the motive for Mr. Wright's murder. When Mr. Hale and his friend first arrive at the house to visit Mr. Wright, they find his wife, Mrs. Wright rocking in the rocking chair pleating her apron. When the county attorney asks him how she looked, he says, "Well, she looked queer." She then goes on to tell him that her husband is dead and someone has strangled him. When the officials arrive with the neighbors, the sheriff and the county attorney go over any evidence, and interview Mr. H
Throughout this play, the reader unravels the sad and lonely life that Mrs. Wright led. The reader finds out what type of woman she used to be, and sees what she has been turned into. In the beginning of the play, Mrs. Wright is described as acting "queer", but as the play continues and her life is revealed, the reader begins to understand and even sympathize with Mrs. Wright. Most murder mysteries do not have an element of emotion added into the plot, but this play has the suspense element and an aspect of emotion incorporated in. So in the end, Trifles is a good play. The play may not keep the reader in suspense to find out who did it, but rather why she did it. Another possible motive uncovered by the women is the discovery of the dead bird. The women have already had a discussion about the way Mrs. Wright used to be, and how she used to love to sing. They find a bird cage with a broken door, but they find no bird. This is odd to the women, Mrs. Hale even says, "She come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself, real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and flutter. How she did change." As the women go about collecting more items for Mrs. Wright who is in jail, they come across a pretty red box. In
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Approximate Word count = 832
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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