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Mrs. Hale
The wife of the murdered John Wright, and his killer. Mrs. Hale remembers Minnie for her youthful innocence and happiness before she was married (when she was Minnie Foster). Back then, she sang joyfully in the local choir. But in marriage Minnie became timid, sad, and isolated. (It is interested that even Minnie’s name connects her to a sense of smallness and powerlessness: “mini”.) Minnie killed her husband by strangling him in retribution for his final cruelness of killing her pet bird, the only being that provided happiness and company for her in the loneliness of her home and the patriarchal society that isolated her (and all women).
Minnie Wright Quotes in Trifles
The Trifles quotes below are all either spoken by Minnie Wright or refer to Minnie Wright. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“Well, women are used to worrying over trifles.”
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“They say it was such a—funny way to kill a man, rigging it all up like that.”
“That’s just what Mr. Hale said. There was a gun in the house. He says that’s what he can’t understand.”
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“Mr. Henderson said coming out that what was needed for the case was a motive; something to show anger, or—sudden feeling.”
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“Oh, I wish I’d come over here once in a while! That was a crime! That was a crime! Who’s going to punish that?”
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“We all go through the same things—it’s all just a different kind of the same thing.”
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“Well, Henry, at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. She was going to—what is it you call it, ladies?”
“We call it—knot it, Mr. Henderson.”
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Minnie Wright Quotes in Trifles
The Trifles quotes below are all either spoken by Minnie Wright or refer to Minnie Wright. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“Well, women are used to worrying over trifles.”
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“They say it was such a—funny way to kill a man, rigging it all up like that.”
“That’s just what Mr. Hale said. There was a gun in the house. He says that’s what he can’t understand.”
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“Mr. Henderson said coming out that what was needed for the case was a motive; something to show anger, or—sudden feeling.”
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“Oh, I wish I’d come over here once in a while! That was a crime! That was a crime! Who’s going to punish that?”
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“We all go through the same things—it’s all just a different kind of the same thing.”
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“Well, Henry, at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. She was going to—what is it you call it, ladies?”
“We call it—knot it, Mr. Henderson.”
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