clusion, the dialogue between the two women leads us to believe that Minnies husband broke the cage, representing Minnies life, and killed the bird. Both women take measures to make sure that the men do not learn this information and mislead the men in the existence of a dead bird. The idea of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters being a panel of judges and not convicting Minnie lends credibility to the dispute that women were struggling against male oppression. Mrs. Hale, if anything, is definitely resentful of the mens uncaring and criticizing comments towards the women. The men believe women give too much importance to little things and trifles (1618). Yet, the little things that the men dismiss are all that the women need to discern what happened to John Wright. On the other hand, her peers remember Minnie as a decent woman who used to have a life before she became a caged bird. -- Estela G. A....
