Foreshadowing In A Jury Of Her Peers

Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers”, demonstrates how the rights of women were being dominated by the male society through social rules and beliefs. The world was controlled by men and hindered the women’s ability to progress. The female characters faced inequality in a society where they were controlled and dictated by their husbands. The author dramatizes gender differences of foreshadowing in the women’s rebellion. Captivity to the home is an exemplary Why is the title “A Jury of Her Peers”, meaningful? During this era women were not able to be on juries so the women became her jury deciding what the verdict should be. This is evidenced by the county attorney stating “It’s perfectly clear except the reason for doing …show more content…
The author tells us that the men always doubted the women and their abilities and it winds up that Glaspell shows the men as jumping to conclusions too hastily. “‘But would the women know a clue if they did come upon it?’” (Glaspell). Mr. Hale states this when he and the other men are going upstairs to the crime scene to search for clues. They leave the women in the kitchen to talk and to look for the things Minnie requested. “In fact, the men openly doubted the women’s ability to read a crime with their subjective experience” (Glaspell). As the story progresses so does the belittling behavior of the men. Mr. Hale expresses “And yet for all their worries, what would we do without he ladies” (Glaspell)? However, it was the women who, gathered evidence that was neglected by the men so they could rally together to save Minnie Wright’s