From the beginning of the play we can see a difference in how the women approach the ordeal and how the men handle their investigation. From the get go the men, who are supposed to determine guilt and motive, handle their investigation sloppily. The day bef

After the men go upstairs, the women begin they're own informal investigation. Looking through the cabinets and sewing basket, they begin uncovering the clues that lead to the reason why Mrs. Wright would want to kill her husband. The first clue they uncover is Mrs. Wrights quilt. Every block except one is "so nice and even." This established that Mrs. Wright could sew well. The "all over the place" block indicated to the women that something went wrong. Something had affected Mrs. Wright so much she couldn't even sew straight. Next was the birdcage, with the broken door. It looked "as if someone must have been rough with it," which foreshadows the next discovery: the canary with the wrung neck. It is through the discovery of these small "kitchen things,"

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Sheriff You're, Peters Hales, Hale Peters, Kitchen Trifles, guilt motive, wright home, wright's motive, wright's housekeeping, handle investigation,
Approximate Word count = 512
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)