While reading Susan Glaspell’s A Jury of Her Peers I have discovered many symbolic meanings behind the novel, the themes and how I can relate to the novel, in terms of women being subjugated by men. Susan Glaspell completed a novel that is still relevant to today’s times. It was in the early 1900’s when this novel came out and by reading it today I have realized the behavior of men towards women remains the same, but this does not go for all men. The setting takes place at a farmhouse where a murder has been announced. There is a sheriff, the sheriff’s wife, county attorney and the local neighbors. They all head to the farmhouse where the sheriff and county attorney want to find evidence behind the murder. The murder victim is Mr. Wright,
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The author puts in perspective that men don’t always see the same as women. The county attorney tells Mrs. Hale, “Ah, loyal to your sex, I see” (Glaspell 543) he laughs in regards to Mrs. Hale defense towards the reason behind a disorganized kitchen was due to Mrs. Wright other duties on the farm. Mrs. Hale states, “There’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm” (Glaspell 543). I agree with her point; a female can work just as hard as male. The county attorney had no need to laugh at what Mrs. Hale had to say because she was right. Even though Mrs. Hale and Minnie Foster (Mrs. Wright’s maiden name) weren’t as close, woman do defend for one another. The author did show that Mrs. Hale had a backbone, making her quite strong female character. I can picture Mrs. Hale as a lady that is a hardworking one and Mrs. Peter’s as a quiet lady who keep her opinions to herself, most likely because her husband is a sheriff, she doesn’t want to give off a wrong impression. The women find more clues in the kitchen and in Minnie Fosters room, they find a bird-cage with the broken door, the quilt with the knotted ends, her old clothes and lastly the dead bird with its’s neck strangled, all the clues match that Minnie foster lived an unhappy life. Which was true, Mrs. Hale referred to her as the beautiful and lovely woman but once she married Mr. Wright her personality vanished. I would make this connection in an instance,
The author puts in perspective that men don’t always see the same as women. The county attorney tells Mrs. Hale, “Ah, loyal to your sex, I see” (Glaspell 543) he laughs in regards to Mrs. Hale defense towards the reason behind a disorganized kitchen was due to Mrs. Wright other duties on the farm. Mrs. Hale states, “There’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm” (Glaspell 543). I agree with her point; a female can work just as hard as male. The county attorney had no need to laugh at what Mrs. Hale had to say because she was right. Even though Mrs. Hale and Minnie Foster (Mrs. Wright’s maiden name) weren’t as close, woman do defend for one another. The author did show that Mrs. Hale had a backbone, making her quite strong female character. I can picture Mrs. Hale as a lady that is a hardworking one and Mrs. Peter’s as a quiet lady who keep her opinions to herself, most likely because her husband is a sheriff, she doesn’t want to give off a wrong impression. The women find more clues in the kitchen and in Minnie Fosters room, they find a bird-cage with the broken door, the quilt with the knotted ends, her old clothes and lastly the dead bird with its’s neck strangled, all the clues match that Minnie foster lived an unhappy life. Which was true, Mrs. Hale referred to her as the beautiful and lovely woman but once she married Mr. Wright her personality vanished. I would make this connection in an instance,