Character Analysis
You might think Mr. Hale is going to be a major character by the first few minutes of the play. This guy has some serious monologues, which usually means we're going to be zeroed in on a character for a while. Even though he's our protagonist's husband, it quickly becomes clear that Mr. Hale is just an exposition machine.
He gives a longwinded back-story about how weird Mrs. Wright was when he found her and how scary Mr. Wright's body was when he found it. Other than that, he doesn't do much but follow the County Attorney and bring the horses around in the end. (Hey, somebody needs to take care of the horses.)
Mr. Hale does get the line that gives us the title of the play: "Well, women are used to worrying over trifles" (32). So it's pretty clear that—along with every other man in the play—Hale represents the tidal wave of misogyny that's crushing the women of America every day.