In the play "Trifles" the main character Mrs. Wright was accused of killing her husband while he was sleeping. As the play goes along we learned that she was motivated by certain situations that happened when she lived with her husband. In the story "Killings" the main character is Matt Fowler who lost his son because a man shot his son to death. Each character takes it upon themselves to either free oneself or to ease the pain their family is going through by breaking the law and killing the people that was hurting them and their families. Each character has to take responsibility for his and her actions because they killed a human being. Even though their motives might have been justified.
The motive Ms. Wright h
As for the story "Killings" Matt Fowlers motivation is his son death at the hands of Richard Strout. Richard Strout killed Frank over his wife who was divorcing him at the time. Matt is a very protective of his children and wanted them to feel safe. Even when they were children Matt was the same way. He, "Made sure that the ice would hold him before they skated, and he brought or sent them to places where they could sled without ending in the street." Richard Strout was out in the street because he posted bail. Everytime Matt's wife Ruth saw Strout in town she would go home and cry. They could not go to sleep sometimes thinking about it. Matt could not stand it, not being able to protect his family and for not being able to ease their pain. So he took matters into his own hands and kidnapped Richard Strout and killed him. He has excepted responsibility but has to live with it the rest of his li
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