A Jury Of Her Peers And Sweat Comparison

During the 1900’s, times were very tough for women in the United States. Men were and still are the face of America in many different ways. Even though women are now on the rise opening their own businesses and making more money, many women took matters into their own hands from the 1900’s to today’s current society. Short stories, “A Jury of Her Peers” and “Sweat” were written by two different authors in the early 1900’s around the late 1920’s era. “Sweat” was written by an African American woman named, Zora Neale Hurston. The short story “Sweat” is about a black woman that was beaten by her husband throughout 15 years of marriage. “A Jury of Her Peers” written by author, Susan Glaspell is about a mystery murder investigated by two women and their husbands. Both stories have various similarities and differences between the two. Similarities on how men treat women, gender roles, and key differences on culture.
In this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting both short stories, “A Jury of Her Peers” and “Sweat” discussing how two women faced different obstacles in their house holds by their husbands that lead to death and also how both women dealt with their situations while being in their desired marriage. First the short story by Susan Glaspell, “A Jury of Her Peers”.
Susan Glaspell’s 1917 short story, “A Jury …show more content…
Women have been on the rise in today’s society such as jobs, but there is a disadvantage because of how much power men have. Many feminists’ readers believe there needs to be a change and tend to look deeper into the differences of men and women in this society. Linking back to the story of “A Jury of Her Peers”, Mrs. Wright is not being abused by her husband, but Mr. Wright being so controlling against her she feels no love and companionship. It was either his way or no way. She seems very secretive about their marriage and the things that we’re going