Peters and Mrs. Hale find the birdcage hidden in the kitchen cabinets, it is a form of symbolism to the confinement Minne was experiencing in her own home. Mrs. Hale also makes a point to the men that she doesn’t communicate with her neighbor as much as she would have liked because the house “never seemed a cheerful place.” The lack of communication to those outside of her house may have lead Minnie to her decision to murder her husband. The broken hinge on the birdcage and the dead bird leads the reader to believe that Mr. Wright was an abusive husband. The bird symbolizes the true essence of Minne’s spirit and happiness. Just like Mr. Wright killed the bird, he also “killed” his wife’s singing spirit.
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.
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.
Fairy Tale Imagery in “A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi. Meanwhile, a Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon” This poem, written by Gwendolyn Brooks, is a ballad written about a white woman who is depressed about her life and feeling the wrath of her husband. Gwendolyn Brooks shapes this poem as an allegory for the story of Emmett Till, a black boy brutally murdered for whistling at a white woman in 1953. He was only 14 years old. Emmett was killed by a group of white men, which included the husband of Carolyn Bryant, the woman who was whistled at.
He killed the three children’s cat because Octavia thought the cat was eating the chickens. The narrator explains that Octavia was mistaken the entire time: To increase his discomfiture the march of events tended to shift the blame of ravaged chicken-coops from the supposed culprit who had already paid full forfeit; the young chicks
“Trifles,” written by Susan Glaspell, is a murder mystery that explores gender relationships, differences between the sexes, and the nature of truth. In the play, the farmer and his wife never actually appear; instead, the story focuses on the prosecutor, George Henderson, who has been called in to investigate the murder; Henry Peters, the local sheriff; Lewis Hale, a neighboring farmer who discovered Mrs. Wright’s body; and Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, wives of the two local men. The story “Trifles,” is a murder mystery that explores gender relationships in some very subtle ways. The drama takes place at the house where Mr. Wright’s body was discovered to be dead. Immediately the men are paired up on one side as the women are paired up on the other.
Both plays feature women dominated by the men in their lives. Ophelia * Ophelia, once a lovely, vibrant girl, receives cruel and unjust treatment from Hamlet (her fiancé). His treatment of her eventually causes her insanity and subsequent suicide. Mrs. Wright * Wright from Trifles was once a pretty, cheerful young woman who enjoyed singing in the church choir and engaging in other social events. When she marries John Wright, he isolates her on their farm, refusing even to obtain a telephone and kills the one possession that is precious to her - her little singing bird.
Not for a few pages did she reveal that the birds had killed the Triggs and the mailman. Then, Nat realizes there are no signs of life from any of his neighbors' homes because they have all been attacked and eaten by the birds. After that, the reader is left wondering if Nat and his family will remain safe. The author does not tell us, however. The story ends when Nat smokes his last cigarette, and the birds are still attacking.
Two Athenian citizens named Euelpides and Pisthetaerus are trying to find a hoopoe named Epops. Their guides are two birds which they have purchased in a pet shop: a crow and a jackdaw. They are tired of the legal wrangling in Athens and are looking for a quiet place to settle down. They think that Epops might help them, since he has seen many places as he flew through the air. When they find the residence of Epops, Euelpides tries to attract his attention by shouting: "Hey, boy!"
The story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” By Garcia Marquez shows the many imperfections of society such as cruelty, greed and how easily distracted humans can be. In the beginning of the story an old man as fallen in the back yard of Elisenda and Pelayo. They don’t know what to do so they seek help from their neighbor. The neighbor woman had told them that he was an angel coming for the child and that they should club him to death (Marquez). This is an example of how brutal people can be.