Domestic abuse has not changed much since the 19th century. The main difference is that it is more recognized now than it was before. Because of this we now have more evidence for recent domestic abuse than the past. Glaspell’s story “A Jury of Her Peers” shows how even in the 19th century this abuse existed but was not talked about and was seen as being almost taboo. Kale then takes Glaspell’s story and brings it to the modern time showing how even though we’ve come a long way, the same abuse is still common and prevalent. Both Kale’s and Glaspell’s work illustrate how women are isolated and belittled by their abusers in situations of domestic violence. This isolation causes the women to have a harder time leaving the abuse for countless different physiological and physical reasons.
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She uses the word “lonesome” (Glaspell, 1) to describe the whole aspect of the Wright house. This word illustrates not only how Mrs. Minnie had been cut off from the word outside the house, but that even the house itself had become lonely and in need of support from the outside. Glaspell then goes on to have Mrs. Peters say “A person gets discouraged and loses heart” (9) in reference to Mrs. Minnie. Although Mrs. Peters is referencing Mrs. Minnie this can also be seen as Mrs. Peters expressing how she herself has gotten this feeling of discouragement. The reason that Mrs. Minnie may have “lost heart” (9) is because her husband may have constantly belittled her; slowly eating away at her self-esteem until she was no longer herself but an entirely different person. This would not have been very uncommon in the 19th century. Women were told to think more towards “If only I had been a better wife and mother” (Neergaard, 3). This way of thinking was also how others viewed the relationship like it was the woman’s fault for the abuse. Even though we have come a long way from the 19th century this way of thinking about abuse still exist. In many cases, the victim has no
She uses the word “lonesome” (Glaspell, 1) to describe the whole aspect of the Wright house. This word illustrates not only how Mrs. Minnie had been cut off from the word outside the house, but that even the house itself had become lonely and in need of support from the outside. Glaspell then goes on to have Mrs. Peters say “A person gets discouraged and loses heart” (9) in reference to Mrs. Minnie. Although Mrs. Peters is referencing Mrs. Minnie this can also be seen as Mrs. Peters expressing how she herself has gotten this feeling of discouragement. The reason that Mrs. Minnie may have “lost heart” (9) is because her husband may have constantly belittled her; slowly eating away at her self-esteem until she was no longer herself but an entirely different person. This would not have been very uncommon in the 19th century. Women were told to think more towards “If only I had been a better wife and mother” (Neergaard, 3). This way of thinking was also how others viewed the relationship like it was the woman’s fault for the abuse. Even though we have come a long way from the 19th century this way of thinking about abuse still exist. In many cases, the victim has no