Does anyone else feel bitter sweet about the tragic death of
Mr. John Wright? Sure, the guy is
murdered in his sleep, but GIRL POWER!!!!
I do not know who to root for in this DRAMA! I know that this is a bit of an extreme case
where it is the battle of the sexes, but you cannot help but feel for the women
and Mrs. Wright. They live in a patriarchal
society where men treat them like idiots.
Intelligence is attractive; arrogance is not, especially when the men do
not even solve the mystery, the women figure out the motive. However, the women did not give up the motive
to the men, showing a kind of loyalty per say.
Being a feminist, I have very mixed feelings about this play. On one hand, yes, Mrs. Wright is guilty and
should be trialed for murder. However,
it sounds like he asked for it. He
killed the woman’s one happiness in life, so she killed him. She has no more happiness so she has nothing
to lose. John Wright however had a lot
more to lose, and he lost everything.
I agree that it is much easier to sympathize with Mrs. Wright, even though we know that she murdered her husband. I think the reason for this is that we know that Mr. Wright wasn't really a nice guy. He sucked all the joy out of Minnie Fosters life throughout the years and finally destroyed the last glimpse of joy that she had left when he killed her bird. I guess it's just hard to be on the side of someone who snaps little bird necks. Obviously murder is never acceptable, but the reader is led to feel as though Mr. Wright got what was coming to him.
ReplyDeleteThe answer to your question is, NO! In the most logical way possible, I do NOT feel sorry for Mr. Wright (How the heck could not feeling sorry for an innocent dead man not be logical, huh?). But I feel like the tory focused so much on Mrs. Wright that I felt more sorry for her than anything. From the way things were presented in the play, I was forced to leave anyone who wasn't "active" in the play, just where they were. In this case, Mr. John was that person, unfortunately. A lot of what happened in this play depended a lot on the personal values of the audience. For instance, who ever said the fact that Mr. Wright killed Mrs. Wright's bird and spirit was any worse than her killing him? I have mixed feelings about this play as well. No, I am not arguing that if someone kills my spirit, it's okay to kill them. I am simply saying that having mixed feelings about all that's going on is normal with a play like this.
ReplyDeletehmmmmmm I just contradicted myself... my answer does seem to be YES, I feel bittersweet about it!!
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