Theoretical Framework REVIEW OF LITERATURE

There are some dialogues from each character that give the readers an impression about their personality. They talked about what is happening yesterday in that house and how the murder can be happened. In this part the exposition of the story can be seen. Here we can conclude that the people coming there are the Sheriff, County Attorney, Mrs. Peters, Mr. Hale, and Mrs. Hale. There COUNTY ATTORNEY: rubbing his hands This feels good. Come up to the fire, ladies. MRS PETERS: after taking a step forward Im not—cold. SHERIFF: unbuttoning his overcoat and stepping away from the stove as if to mark the beginning of official business Now, Mr. Hale, before we move things about, you explain to Mr. Henderson just what you saw when you came here yesterday morning. COUNTY ATTORNEY: By the way, has anything been moved? Are things just as you left them yesterday? lines:13-19 They talked about what was happening yesterday in that house and how the murder could happen. In this part the reader can know further about the characters. What their role and position are. From this exposition we can derived that man is so dominant to lead the women and start investigation. The women are beholden as a follower and seem weak because of much sarcasm that is thrown by the men. The male characters make fun of the women because of what they do. When the women worry about preserves the men just laugh and this give an impression of the higher position of the men. It is not straightly stated but pragmatically the words that are speaking by the men said how the stupid was the women. The men also focus on the bad thing in the kitchen. When they see the dirty towels, and unwashed sink, they blame the women for not doing the thing right. From that part there can be derived a conclusion that there is a different perspective toward things in a kitchen and woman life between man and woman characters. The investigation continued to the upstairs to find the motive. This is where the conflict is arisen. The focus of the play moves completely to the two women Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale. They try to do what they should do. Mrs. Peters take Minnie Foster clothes and shoes and then with Mrs. Hale they clean up the kitchen a little. There is a little conflict between the two women because they are not supposed to move anything. Mrs. Peters finds a sewing basket and quilt inside it. They two is thinking about Minnie Foster is going to quilt it or knot it. Then, naturally Mrs. Hale is fixing the quilt because she finds that the quilt is so good and even at some part and in other part is so messy. MRS HALE: Examining another block Mrs. Peters, look at this one. Here, this is the one she was working on, and look at the sewing All the rest of it has been so nice and even. And look at this It’s all over the place Why, it looks as if she didn’t know what she was about. After she has said this they look each other, then start to glance back at the door. After an instant MRS HALE has pulled at a knot and ripped the sewing . lines: 235 241 After that, Mrs. Hale starts asking Mrs. Peters about what makes Mrs. Wright so nervous. As women they share common knowledge about piecing a quilt. Mrs. Hale thinks that when she is nervous about something she can make a bad quilt but, Mrs. Peters says that she is sews awful queer when she just tired. MRS. HALE : What do you supposed she was so nervous about? MRS. PETERS : Oh—I don’t know. I don’t know as she was nervous. I sometimes sew awful queer when I’m jus tired. MRS. HALE starts to say something, looks ar MRS. PETERS, then goes on