This sentence gives the first clue to the situation between Mrs. Wright and her husband. Mrs. Hale insisted, "She was kind of like a bird herself- real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and-fluttery" (667). Mrs.Wright loves animal, especially birds, like the canary that she had because it represents her freedom and herself. Mrs. Wright used to be a person who is full of happiness and passionate. She loves singing and has a beautiful appearance. The oppression from her husband changes everything from her.After she married with Mr.John Wright, she becomes miserable and depressed.
Without husband, women would not have security, but with security, women would not have freedom. Mrs. Wright is the main reason why everything happens in Trifles. Graspell uses Mrs. Wright to represent women in that time who loses her freedom and control. Mrs. Wright does something that unbelievable but understandable at the same time by killing her own husband to get a revenge for her bird,Mr. Hale says," Killing a man while he slept, slipping a rope around this neck that chocked the life out of him"(669). Even though she is a murder, but she does not regret her action. She does something beyond what men would expect that women like her could do. Mrs. Wright uses rope to murder her husband which could be symbol as the rebellion against her husband that she desires to gain her freedom back. Of course, she does not gain her freedom back, but she gets to revenge for her bird that her husband takes the last hope of her life away. .
Glaspel not only includes in the book about women identity, but also the conflict between law and justice. The sheriff Henry Peters, the county attorney George Henderson and Lewis Hale are mainly focusing on law. They are all finding an evidence in the abandoned house, but they did not notice to small things that could lead to the tragedy scene. However, women like Mrs. Peter and Mrs.
