Question

What can be concluded about Mrs. Hale from this excerpt from Trifles by Susan Glaspell?

COUNTY ATTORNEY: (with the gallantry of a young politician) And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies? (The women do not unbend. He goes to the sink, takes a dipperful of water from the pail and pouring it into a basin, washes his hands. Starts to wipe them on the roller-towel, turns it for a cleaner place) Dirty towels! (kicks his foot against the pans under the sink) Not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies?

MRS HALE: (stiffly) There's a great deal of work to be done on a farm.

COUNTY ATTORNEY: To be sure. And yet (with a little bow to her) I know there are some Dickson county farmhouses which do not have such roller towels. (He gives it a pull to expose its length again.)

MRS HALE: Those towels get dirty awful quick. Men's hands aren't always as clean as they might be.

Mrs. Hale believes that Mrs. Wright is innocent.
Mrs. Hale is not a good housekeeper.
Mrs. Hale wants to defend Mrs. Wright in her absence.
Mrs. Hale feels guilty for not visiting her neighbor earlier.
Mrs. Hale does not like the county attorney's attitude.

Answer 1

Mrs. Hale wants to defend Mrs. Wright in her absence.

Mrs. Hale does not like the county attorney's attitude.

Step-by-step explanation:

The play Trifles written by Susan Glaspell revolves around the murder of Mr. Wright. Mrs. Wright, his wife, is one of the suspects.

In the given excerpt, we can see that Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Wright's neighbor, wants to defend Mrs. Wright in her absence and does not like the county attorney's attitude.

The county attorney criticizes the towels in the Wrights' house, stating that Mrs. Wright isn't a good housewife. Mrs. Hale stands up for her, despite her being absent. She knows how hard it is to deal with an entire farm, especially when men don't help out. She doesn't like that and doesn't hide how dissatisfied she is with the county attorney's attitude.

There is nothing showing us that Mrs. Hale believes that Mrs. Wright is innocent or that she feels guilty for not visiting her neighbor earlier. This is why the third and fifth options are the correct ones.