Select all the correct answers.
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.
A. Mrs. Hale believes that Mrs. Wright is innocent.
B. Mrs. Hale is not a good housekeeper.
C. Mrs. Hale wants to defend Mrs. Wright in her absence.
D. Mrs. Hale feels guilty for not visiting her neighbor earlier.
F. Mrs. Hale does not like the county attorney's attitude.
B and F. Mrs. Hale makes a defensive comment about the dirty towels indicating that she is defensive about her housekeeping skills and does not like the county attorney's attitude towards women. Nothing can be concluded about Mrs. Wright's innocence, Mrs. Hale's desire to defend her, or any guilt she may feel.
The correct answers based on the provided excerpt are:
B. Mrs. Hale is not a good housekeeper.
D. Mrs. Hale feels guilty for not visiting her neighbor earlier.
F. Mrs. Hale does not like the county attorney's attitude.