In Trifles, Mrs. Wright discovers that her husband has wrung the neck of her favorite bird, giving her a reason to kill it. The murder is meant to fool the police with his special knot. “Killing a man while he slept, putting a rope around his neck that choked the life out of him.” (Glaspell 8). With this knot, known as the Miller knot, Mrs. Wright placed the thread around her husband's neck while he slept. Every time her husband takes a breath, the knot becomes tighter and tighter until he dies. The thread around the neck leaves no mark. For his plan to succeed, it is necessary to wait and plot. On the other hand, Charlotte in The Yellow Wallpaper commits a sudden murder. In this case, the attack was partly madness and anger. Due to the fact that Charlotte has a child, the risks of postpartum depression become overwhelming. “Pregnancy similarly affects changes in the brain's immune cells that may increase the risk of postpartum depression.” (Posillico 1). However, Charlotte had a lot of time on her hands while she was in the room with the yellow wallpaper. This treatment worsens his condition and soon he actually believes there is a person in the background. Once John breaks down the door with his axe, Charlotte takes the opportunity to kill him. “Now why would that man faint? But he did, and right in front of the wall, so that I did
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