Quote-Response(Entry 17)

"Mrs. Peters: It's the bird.
Mrs. Hale:[jumping up.] But, Mrs.Peters-look at it! Its neck! Look at its neck! It's all- other side too.
Mrs. Peters: Somebody-wrung-its-neck.......
County Attorney: Well, ladies, have you decided whether she was going to quilt it or knot it?
Mrs Peters: We think she was going to--knot it."(Glaspell 845)

This passage interested me because it was humorous. Throughout, the play the men are down talking the women and making sarcastic comments at there worries and interest however, in this passage the tables are turned. I thought it was funny that the men had no clue about the pun or the women hiding stuff from them. It is an important part because this is where it is clear that the women are not going to reveal to the men the dead bird, which could be used as evidence. This passage was defining point and a laughing point in the play.