Read the excerpt from part one of Trifles.SHERIFF. Nothing here but kitchen things. (The County Attorney, after again looking around the kitchen, opens the door of a cupboard closet. He gets up on a chair and looks on a shelf. Pulls his hand away, sticky.) COUNTY ATTORNEY. Here’s a nice mess. (The women draw nearer.) MRS. PETERS (to the other woman). Oh, her fruit; it did freeze. (To the Lawyer). She worried about that when it turned so cold. She said the fire’d go out and her jars would breakWhat do the underlined stage directions suggest about the women, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters?
Answer
A
They are totally fascinated by what the County Attorney is saying.
B
They are being polite by attempting to move nearer to the speaker.
C
They share a bond as women and are instinctively curious.
D
They are attempting to hide something by distracting the speaker.
Explanation
The direction “The women draw nearer” shows that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are interested in the kitchen details the men dismiss. Mrs. Peters immediately recognizes the fruit jars and recalls the worry they caused, suggesting an understanding rooted in their shared experience as women. This supports the idea that they share a bond and are instinctively curious, rather than merely being polite or trying to distract the County Attorney.
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