women hide the motive in order to end the story and also stand for the justice. They know no one will punish John Wright who has killed the soul of Minnie
Foster so it is fair that Minnie Foster killed John Wright. The statement that declares the decision chosen by the women is
underlined behind these symbolic utterances: COUNTY ATTORNEY: facetiously Well, Henry, at least we found out
that she was not going to quilt it. She was going to—what is it you call it, ladies?
MRS. HALE: [Her hand against her pocket.] We call it—knot it, Mr. Henderson. lines: 417-419
At the very end of the play Mrs. Hale is saying a smart trick. She answers County Attorney’s question but she is intended to give another meaning. It is true
considering the action that she did before with Mrs. Peters and her action of reassuring the bird inside the pocket. The word knot that is spoken by Mrs. Hale
does not mean to knot the quilt but to end up the searching of motive. The quilt here is also a symbol of this motive searching.
C. The Reactions of Male Characters Which Lead to the Failure of Motive Disclosure.
In this play there are some reactions from the male characters toward the situation. In the plot the natures of men characters are exposed step by step.
Sometimes the men are dominant but not in the whole play that finally lead to the failure of men to find the motive.
1. Underestimating Women’s things
In the first part the men is playing a quit big deal of contribution to respond the situation around and to be the center of the story. The natures of men
which are leading and critical are helping the reader to get the setting of place and situation in the first part of the play.
Mrs. Peters lead the women to come inside the house. Mr. Henderson also lead the motive searching in the house by firstly ask Mr. Hale what was happened
in the house. Up to the middle of the play The County Attorney ask Mrs. Hale critically about the relation between her and Minnie Foster.
On the other hand the arrogance of the men is starting to come out. It is shown by their respond toward women and the kitchen. When the men examining
the kitchen they criticizing the condition unconsciously, like it is use to be like that and it is a normal way to underestimate women’s things.
Their reaction of ignoring the women’s things in unproper. First they blame women for the dirty kitchen. County Attorney kicks the pans under the
sink. Their attitude really show the underestimation toward women. Those natures of man characters actually can lead them into finding of the
motive. Unfortunately, the man characters are also carrying the nature of straightforwardness that makes them ignorance to the thing around them which is
really close to motive disclosure. Besides that, the male characters are underestimating women and all the thing about women. They forget that women
are the center of the conflict that should be focused too. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
2. Ignoring the Quilt and Bird Cage
In the second part, where the conflict arises, the men only show up in a few times. In the little time, the men still do not understand what’s happening in
the story. The focus and straightforwardness of the men in finding the motive disclosure is blocking their mind to see what is happening around them. They do
not catch the weird situation and gesture that is shown by the ladies in the kitchen. The men stick on what is in their mind and not open it wider to see all the
possibilities that might happen. When it comes to the raising action, the men also keep ignoring the thing
arround them and focusing on their own point of view. The raising action is pinned with the founding of the awful quilt in the sewing basket by the women. At
that moment the men is going downstairs and found the women discussing about that.
MRS HALE: It’s log cabin pattern. Pretty, isn’t it? I wonder if she was goin’ to quilt it or just knot it?
[Footsteps have been heard coming down the stairs. The SHERIFF enters followed by HALE and COUNTY ATTORNEY.]
SHERIFF: They wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it [The men laugh, the woman look abashed]
lines: 219-224
The men do not expect anything about the quilt all they know is just that is a quilt which does not seem to have any relation with the motive. Actually this is where
the conflict is going to be started but for the men it becomes funny to talk over trifles in that situation. They are being ignorance of the entire thing outside the
motive in their point of view. In this part they miss the very first sign of the motive because of their straightforwardness so that they look down over trifles.
