In "Trifles" Susan Glaspell portrays a scenario that is intended to be most disturbing to her readers. Glaspell indicates that a man has died in a quite peculiar way as well as providing her readers with clues, such as a "dead canary," in order for them to decipher who had committed the crime. Mrs. Wright was the obvious offender. But the question that I pose while analyzing the work is: Was Mrs. Wright suffering from …showed first 75 words of 1659 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1659 total…to end all of the madness that existed around her. Though the consequence may have included imprisonment, it would not even compare to the joy she must have felt when her soul was finally set free from the torture. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited Gondolf, Edward W. Battered Women as Survivors. Lexington, MA: Lexington, 1988. United States. United States Commission on Civil Rights. Under the Rule of Thumb: Battered Women and the Administration of Justice. Washington: GPO, 1982.