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Drama
Author : Jef Powel
Submitted : 2012-01-20 08:19:22 Word Count : 424 Popularity: 3
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Minnie was the wife of the dead man John Wright. She lived in a remote farm and was isolated by her husband from having any social life, since John Wright would impose on Minnie to work with him in the farm. This was attested by Minnie’s only close neighbor and friend, Mrs. Hale as she was being questioned by the County Attorney: “I've not seen much of her of late years. I've not been in this house -- it's more than a year” (Shay and Loving 365). Mrs. Hale further reasoned that although she liked Minnie, Minnie as a farmer’s wife has other work being imposed on her that prevents socialization: “I liked her all well enough. Farmers' wives have their hands full, Mr. Henderson” (Shay and Loving 365). Besides this, the selfish John Wright wanted Minnie’s undivided attention, which constrained Minnie in her diversionary domestic activities as shown by the disorderly kitchen as described in the first scene of the play, and the abandoned fruit preserves which Mrs. Peters, the Sheriff’s wife saw damaged in its freeze state. (Makowsky 62). John Wright’s domineering is also the reason which discouraged Minnie from pursuing her own interest, as discovered by the ladies when Mrs. Hale pointed this out through the uneven sewing of Minnie to Mrs. Peters: “All the rest of it has been so nice and even. And look at this! It's all over the place! Why, it looks as if she didn't know what she was about!” (Shay and Loving 367).
However, the proverbial straw which broke the camel’s back came when John Wright killed Minnie’s pet canary, which was the only thing that gave Minnie happiness. A literary critic pointed out that Minnie killed her husband to avenged “the death of her pet and friend by killing John the same way" (Makowsky 62). This was confirmed by the ladies in their conversation with each other as they examined the contents of Minnie’s sewing box: "MRS. PETERS. It's the bird… But, Mrs. Peters -- look at it. Its neck! Look at its neck! … Somebody -- wrung -- its neck." (Shay and Loving 368).
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