In Susan Glaspell's play Trifles,who killed the man and why ?

 The play Trifles is written by an American writer Susan Glaspell.In this play she describes the death of a man John Wright.This play is one-act play.John Wright was the husband of Minnie.Minnie used to sing and wear beautiful clothes.But her married life was unhappy.Her husband John Wright was abusive and callous.After marriage she stopped singing and wearing beautiful clothes.She had a beautiful canary.She loved it very much.Once her husband killed it and this incident broke her heart.She decided to take a revenge.She killed her husband while he was sleeping.Two ladies Mrs.Hale and Mrs. Peter came to the house of Wright to get the clues of murder.They make certain investigations by exploring her belongings.They saw the untidy kitchen and found the dead canary lying in a box.When they found that dead canary,they believed that John Wright broke it's neck and killed it and this motivated her to take his life.

      Mrs.Hale also knows that Minnie was living a happy life before marriage and she reveals that after getting married with a abusive person,she stopped wearing bright clothes and stopped singing.She was being treated poorly by her husband.Mrs.Wright(Minnie) felt that her late husband had caged her up like a bird and stopped her from living a happy life.She wanted to get rid of this cage and wanted freedom so she killed her husband.Mr Wright stopped her from singing even though she loved singing.Women take pity on her and they know what is like to have a beloved pet killed.They got important clues to reveal the murderer but they stopped.As Minnie was living a sad married life so they took pity on her and decided to keep these clues untold.

Conclusion

    I think the women did the right thing by not telling about the clues they found which could prove Minnie murderer.As she was living a miserable life so she got freedom by killing him.


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