For Trifles, write a speech you think Minnie Wright might deliver before the sentence was given if the canary were found and Minnie...

This is something that you have to write for yourself, but
we can give you some ideas. There are several options, but if you want to stay true to
character, I don't think Minnie Wright would really have much to say in her own defense.
She would probably let her attorney do it for her. We don't know much about her
character, but we do know that she lived with an abusive man for years...without doing
anything about it and without telling anyone about it. So, if you have to write
something that she said, it would not be very forceful, and
perhaps she would be timid about delivering it, but...you could still do it in a clever
way so that the jury could still see the truth of her sad situation. For
example:

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I am just not
used to speaking in front of a crowd, so you will have to forgive me for being a little
nervous. I just spilled my water on my shirt, and it's my favorite shirt. I embroidered
a little yellow canary on it, can you see him? Right above the pocket? It reminds me of
my poor little Tweetie, God rest his soul. Well, so.... What's that? You want me to
speak up? Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I do have a soft voice. I'll try to speak a little
clearer. You see, my husband poured vinegar down my throat a few months ago because he
said I talked too much, and it destroyed some of the lining of my throat, so I can't
talk too loud. Okay, how's this? Can you all hear me now? Okay, so, where was I? Oh yes,
you wanted me to speak in my own defense. Well, I wrote some notes down here, but I
can't read them very well--you see, my husband threw his potato soup at me a few months
ago--he said it was too bitter--and some of it burned my left eye, so it's hard for me
to read. Anyway, let's see. Oh yes, well....

You could
continue in this way and let the woman's pitiful character speak for her. It would be a
unique approach. What do you think?