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Is Mr. Wright really so wrong? We are told John Wright was not a bad man, “he didn’t drink, and kept his word . . . and paid his debts.” Minnie Wright’s murder of her husband would be condoned by feminist critics . . . as a “defiance of patriarchy.” Was it a "crime" for Minnie to strangle her husband or simple justice?

Asked by Angkana I #635231 on 4/6/2017 5:05 AM

Last updated by Xitlali T #1055505 on 10/5/2020 11:11 AM

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Answered by Aslan on 4/7/2017 4:10 AM

Many in the town considered John Wright a good man, but he was also a hard one, and the name "Wright" may also refer to her moral, if not legal, right to free herself from her own birdcage, albeit through murder rather than through the songbird's death. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters unconsciously sense the latter conclusion and choose to hide the canary upon the men's return.

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