Trifles

The Question of Justice in “Trifles” In Susan Gaspell’s “Trifles” a farm wife and a sheriff’s wife, both of whom could be assumed to be conservative, are brought to the scene of a crime, with the sheriff and the county attorney. The men are in search of evidence for a motive in the murder of Mr. Wright. Mrs. Wright is the suspected murderer. All the men need to go forward to make a …

…When he finally kill's the last symbol of any joy she remembers- she snap's. What good would sending the “shell” of a person to punishment do? I think the women serve justice by ending the misery and living death. She has had to endure in her marriage. Is Mrs. Wright guilty of murder, yes, but no more so then he husband who killed her but in a different way. Her punishment was life with him.