Just like Mr. Wright killed the bird, he also “killed” his wife’s singing spirit. Minnie also wrapped the dead bird in silk fabric indicating the deeper meaning of the bird in her life. She wants to hold on to her passion and joy of singing by keeping the delicate bird in a safe place. In addition, the dead bird in a turning point in the resolution of the murder. When the women find the dead bird, they come to the conclusion that the bird was the motive for why Minnie killed the bird.
Hale points out that the messy sewing is a sign of nervousness. Mrs. Peters disagrees and tries to defend Mrs. Wright by saying that when she gets tired her sewing becomes a messy. The quilt showed a disturbance in Mrs. Wright's life. The knotting of the quilt seemed to be the same type of knot used to strangle Mr. Wright. The women noticed that trifle, but the men were too busy looking at the dead body and making inferences about how Mr. Wright was killed that they overlooked the similar knotting of the quilt and of the rope around Mr. Wright's neck.
The canary is the author’s way of showing how Foster felt, being caged and isolated. In support of this, Minnie Foster used to sing in choir (canaries sing). But when she married Wright, this stopped her from continuing singing. Moreover, Minnie may have seen the canary as herself. Which is why when the canary was found killed (in the same way that Wright had been) Minnie Foster
The two complain of how the women are worrying about the trifles instead of the murder. The women reminisce of how happy Mrs. Wright was before her marriage, while the sheriff and County attorney investigate upstairs. The women discover a bird cage and a box with a dead canary in it. The canary somehow died from strangulation the same way as Mr. Wright. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale decide to hide the evidence and the men are unable to find any evidence from the murder.
The situation in the book happens to not be under the umbrella of a usual justified murder but any human with a heart would feel differently. “Following the shock of the discovery, she gave birth to a dead child born prematurely, and herself died. Her broken-hearted husband shot himself” (Christie 70). Daisy was just an innocent three year old who was kidnapped and killed for money alone. Her death caused much commotion to all the people who new her; the closer they were to her, the more they suffered.
Petrina Chan Hr. 2 Due 9/19/11 “The Birds” Questions 1. Yes, I do think that “The Birds” was suspenseful. Sometimes, the author left you wondering what was happening outside of the house while the family stayed locked inside the house. Not for a few pages did she reveal that the birds had killed the Triggs and the mailman.
A Jury of Her Peers (1927), a short story written by Susan Glaspell. A Jury of Her Peers tells the tale of a murder mystery of a farmer named John Wright who is killed in his sleep while his wife Minnie Wright the prime suspect is sound asleep lying next to him. Mr. Peters, the county sheriff and attorney become suspicious during the investigation to know that the Mrs. Wright does not have any answers to who killed her husband. The sheriff’s wife Mrs. Peters is there along with friends of the Wright’s, Mr. and Mrs. Hale who are there giving a statement during the investigation. The two women are also suspicious that Minnie committed the murder but are reluctant to present evidence that could insinuate Minnie’s guilt.
Abigail Williams vs. Elizabeth Proctor Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor are two main characters in the play The Crucible, although they perceive different roles in the play, they also have similarities and differences. Abigail Williams in the play is viewed as beautiful, young and evil. In the beginning of the play people see her as a liar. No one likes her because she is not one of the most trustworthy people. She was dismissed from her job as a servant because she had slept with the man she was working for, whom was married.
The situation of Tess living with two “noble” people also illuminates the theme of injustice, as Tess is often thrown into tragedy because of the attitudes of her parents. An example of such is the death of Prince. In the book, Tess is persuaded to take honey to the market for sale with their family horse, Prince. However, due to large amounts of stress and exhausting living conditions, Tess fails the job and Prince ends up being killed. The scene ridicules modern society in that the weak are always the laborers for the powerful, and in the end they can only blame themselves for being born into the wrong place and the wrong time.
Their attitudes cause the women to pair up together. Not only do Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters bond, but they choose to hide evidence as an act of compassion for Mrs. Wright. Acquiring the container with the dead bird was an act of loyalty to their gender. The play ends with the characters leaving the kitchen and the women announcing that they have determined Mrs. Wright’s quilt making style. She “knots it” instead of “quilts it” – a play with words that indicate the way she killed her husband (148).