Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters do the right thing when they suppress the evidence against Minnie Foster-Wright. The women have to go against what is correct according to the law in order to protect Mrs. Wright. The men obviously do not respect the thoughts of women, when Hale generalizes "women are used to worrying over trifles"; and when the sheriff sarcastically says "Well, ladies, have you decided whether she was going to quilt it or …showed first 75 words of 264 total…

…showed last 75 words of 264 total…have known she needed help! I know how things can be—for women.” She lets you know if they helped her out it might not of gotten to this point. Although Mr. Wright killing her bird was not reason enough for his wife to kill him it was the way he treated her through the years, that is why I think Mrs. Hale and Peters did the correct thing by suppressing the evidence ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**