We can answer the questions about the relationship of characters and the resolution in the play "Trifles" in the following manner:
- Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters were not close, but their relationship is impacted by the never-glimpsed Mrs. Wright. The two women become connected, tied by their empathy for Mrs. Wright and for their knowledge of what truly happened and the motive of the crime.
- We would normally expect the outcome of such a story to be the men finding the evidence and convicting the criminal. Here, however, the women - who are constantly belittled by the men - are the ones who find the evidence and the motive. The resolution is, thus, that they decide to hide the evidence out of respect and empathy for poor Mrs. Wright.
What happens in "Trifles"?
"Trifles" is a short play by Susan Glaspell in which Mrs. Wright has been arrested, accused of strangling her husband to death. As some men come into her house to investigate, they bring their wives with them.
Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters pay attention to things that the men do not and are, for that reason, able to understand the motive behind the killing. They are actually the ones who find evidence that could help convict Mrs. Wright.
However, they do not reveal the evidence. They can empathize with Mrs. Wright's pain. They understand that she was utterly miserable and that the murder was her final, desperate act.
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