1. Why Minnie Killed
The image created between the death of the bird and the "death" of Minnie Wright's spirit reminds us of the singing of bird and Minnie's lost youth -- both gone before their time. When John Wright killed the bird, it was as if he symbolically "murdered" the last trace of his wife's innocence and youth, which was the only thing getting her through her bleak existence, and she finally snapped. ...
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