Mrs. hale

found innocent. In the story, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters accompany their husbands to the Wright home in a quest to find evidence implicating Minnie Wright in the murder of her husband. From the moment they enter the home, Mrs. Hale is sympathetic to Minnie Wright. When the county attorney looks over Minnie Wrights kitchen and states, “Not much of a housekeeper, would you say ladies?” Mrs. Hale’s stiff reply is, “There’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm.” Although Mrs. Peters begins the story with

The short story Stifles by Susan Glaspell was very unique and actually left me slightly questioning the sanity of Mrs. Wright. It was a great short story that if hasn’t been made to film could be made and could also be very interesting if produced by the right people. I think a much more modern twist on it could make it more adaptable as in having more than just a sheriff and county attorney there trying to piece the puzzle together about the death of John Wright. I didn’t appreciate how the men

rise on a small sparsely furnished common room. A seemingly mad Rev. HALE enters and upon removing his coat and hat place them on a hook by the door. Crossing a well-worn rug placed on the otherwise bare wood floor, he kneels and lights a fire in the stone fireplace. With a fire going, he stands and crosses back to sit in one of several chairs by the fire. A short time later, we hear a series of four loud knocks on the door Hale stands and crosses to the door admitting a stern faced DANFORTH and upset

where the county attorney and Mrs. Hale, express their idea about the household duty of each gender. The county attorney assumes that women are exclusively responsible for household, and therefore are responsible for any lack of joy in the farmhouse. In the other hand Mrs. Hale acknowledges that although domesticity has a physical aspect, most of it comes from the emotional and mental state of the people in the home.

is based off of what the other two women decide to do with the evidence they find against her. The main idea of the story is about sisterhood, women sticking together no matter what the situation is. Throughout, the beginning of the story Mrs. Hale is put in a similar situation as Minnie.The way

Mr. Hale helps balance out the story with his unbiased attitude towards almost every character in the play. Mr. Parris summoned him so that he could detect if witchcraft was present in Salem and if so, for him to get rid of it. I chose, Mr. Hale, because I honored the way he handled situations and didn’t jump to the conclusion that there was witchcraft in Salem just because most people believed it was. For these reasons, Hale reminded me a little of myself because when things happen I tend to have

eyes and mind. One of these delightful characters is Mr. Hale. He is sought to be one of the most honored person in all the villages and towns he comes acrossed by. His reputation is brought upon by when he had cured a believed witch in his town. On page 34 the narrator states “... especially since he himself encountered a witch in his parish not long ago… the child that the witch had been afflicting on had recovered her normal behavior after Hale had given her his kindness and a few days of rest in

in the farmhouse where Mr. and Mrs. Wright lived. Two women and their husbands go to the farmhouse a few days after they discover that Mr. Wright has been murdered. The men look for evidence to prove that Mrs. Wright is the one who murdered her husband while the wives gather things to take to Mrs. Wright who has been put in jail. The play opens up with a scene inside the farmhouse. The sheriff asks Mr. Hale to explain how he found out that Mr. Wright was murdered. Mr. Hale goes on to explain how

of the Witch Trials in Salem Is Mr. Hale. He is the one who strikes fear into the hearts of these people. Author Miller devotes an entire explanation of Hale prior to Act II when he first appears in the play. We can use this information to analyse the way his actions are supposed to be viewed as. Hale devotes his life to the study of Witchcraft which makes us feel sorrow for the man. This section is emphasized towards Hale due to the amount of power he is given

Trifles are Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. These characters have a few similarities, but vast differences. They are both wives who are homemakers. They experience isolation and loneliness. Mrs. Hale is a farmer’s wife. She shows many characteristics of a leader. Hale is not easily persuaded about the case. She is very outspoken and makes her opinion very apparent about the case. Mrs. Hale immediately assumes that Mr. Wright killed the bird and deserves death for what he did. Though Mrs. Hale is the more