Maskell 1
Melissa Maskell
EH 123 (ENGL 1023)
April 19, 2018
Defense of Mrs. Wright’s action in Trifles.
I found this story “Trifles” to be quiet interesting. Though this play may have been
written as fictional drama I feel that it really resonates with the abuse that many face even in our
day and time. The era in which this play was written was during a time when women had very
few rights, if any at all. Mrs. Wright, the wife of John Wright, it seems has been taken to be held
at the jail pending the investigation of her husband’s untimely death.
The story goes on to reveal conversations held between Mrs. Peters, and Mrs. Hale that I
