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The sheriff Henry Peters and the county attorney George Henderson arrive with the witness Lewis Hale, Mrs. Peters, and Mrs. Hale at John Wright's farmhouse, where the police are investigating Wright's murder. Lewis Hale recounts how he discovered Mrs. Wright acting bizarrely, as she told him that her husband was murdered while she was sleeping. Although a gun had been in the house, Wright was gruesomely strangled with a rope. The men continually disparage the women for worrying about trifles instead of about the case, but Henderson allows the women to collect some items for Mrs. Wright, who is in custody, as long as he agrees that the objects are irrelevant to the case.

While the men are investigating upstairs, Mrs. Hale reminisces about how…

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Posted By coco s #17435 at Aug 21, 2007 11:23 AM

Great Feminist Play

I love this play. The women figure out the crime while the men pretend they know how to investigate. This reminds me of "Murder, She Wrote."

The coolest is that people who were in jail at that time got to have some comforts of home brought to them in their cells.

Anyway, I like the way all the little pieces--the trifles--fit together to show us what happened. The policeman's wife faces a real dilemma and makes a difficult choice. And the last line is so ironic. Funny.

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Posted By margaret l #184281 at May 08, 2011 9:02 PM

Who is the foil in Trifle

Who is rhe foil and what part does the foil play in relation to the protagonist

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Posted By brittaney h #217807 at Dec 04, 2011 9:47 PM

Why do the men fail to see the clues that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover?

Just need help

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