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The wife of the sheriff. Mrs. Peters is more timid than Mrs. Hale and more aware of the responsibilities the women have to the law and to their husbands when they uncover the truth of Minnie Wright’s murder of her husband. However, she is unwilling to expose the uncovered evidence to the men.
Mrs. Peters Quotes in Trifles
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“Well, women are used to worrying over trifles.”
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“I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing.” “Of course it’s no more than their duty.”
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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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“But he was a hard man, Mrs. Peters. Just to pass the time of day with him—[Shivers] Like a raw wind that gets to the bone.”
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“When I was a girl—my kitten—there was a boy took a hatchet, and before my eyes—and before I could get there—[Covers her face an instant] If they hadn’t held me back I would have—[Catches herself, looks upstairs where steps are heard, falters weakly]—hurt him.”
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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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“No, Mrs. Peters doesn’t need supervising. For that matter, a sheriff’s wife is married to the law.”
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Mrs. Peters Quotes in Trifles
The Trifles quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Peters or refer to Mrs. Peters. 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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“I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing.” “Of course it’s no more than their duty.”
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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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“But he was a hard man, Mrs. Peters. Just to pass the time of day with him—[Shivers] Like a raw wind that gets to the bone.”
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“When I was a girl—my kitten—there was a boy took a hatchet, and before my eyes—and before I could get there—[Covers her face an instant] If they hadn’t held me back I would have—[Catches herself, looks upstairs where steps are heard, falters weakly]—hurt him.”
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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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“No, Mrs. Peters doesn’t need supervising. For that matter, a sheriff’s wife is married to the law.”
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