Character Analysis:Trifles;Mrs.Peters

Trifles
Mrs. Peters
Character Analysis

Mrs. Peters is a very instrumental character in the plot of Susan Glaspell’s Trifles. Not only does she help to discover the truth about a murder, but also makes the decision to conceal the evidence against the murderer. In the story, men have been called out to investigate the scene of John Wright’s murder. The only suspect in the case is his wife, Minnie Foster Wright, who has already been taken in to the county jail. Mrs. Peters is the sheriff’s wife. She initially has come along for the trip to help pack up Minnie’s things. But when the men go offstage to collect clues, Mrs. Peters is left alone in Minnie’s kitchen with Mrs. Hale, the neighbor’s wife and it is here that the two women discover the “trifles”, which are the clues that lead to understanding John Wright’s death.
At first, Mrs. Peters is reserved and overly cautious about what she and Mrs. Hale find. The two ladies come across a quilt that Minni...