Oct 11, 2008

Trifles | Characters

Lewis Hale
Lewis Hale is a farmer and neighbor of the Wright family. A straightforward, honest man, Hale is a bit rough around the edges from the harsh life of a rural farmer.

Hale was the first to discover John’s murder when he stopped by the Wright’s farmhouse to interest them in sharing a telephone line. He is slow to judgment and hesitant to suggest that Minnie may have been involved somehow.

Mrs. Hale
Mrs. Hale is the wife of Lewis. At first timid, she eventually commits what she thinks is a justifi- able crime: a conspiracy to conceal evidence from a murder...