Have you ever read a piece of literature and it reminds you of another piece of work? Did you notice the similarities? I have read two piece of literature that have big similarities. Those works are A Jury of Her Peers and Proof. Susan Glaspell's short story, A Jury of Her Peers and Lynn Nottage's play, Proof have a lot of things in common. Both works use rich verbal, dramatic irony, symbolism, and conflict to show that women's intuitive powers can be superior to men's skills.
The theme for these pieces of literature are what goes around comes around. Both women husband was abusive and now karma has finally come around. Also, another theme is women empowerment.
Both works have similar plots. In A Jury of Her Peers is about a woman who …show more content…
Knowing the history content of any work can help you fully understand it or at least get a deeper meaning of the story. Susan Glaspell story was written in 1917. The early 1900s was the era of the first wave of feminism (Kang). Women standing up for their rights and their moral beliefs. You can even say that she was a feminist herself. Also, this story is based off a true story. It is quite similar to the story that happened on December 1, 1900 in Indianola, Iowa. While working as a reporter in Des Moines, Iowa, she read an interested story. The story is about a wife, Margaret Hossack that was accused of murdering her husband, John Hossack. She said she was asleep beside her husband, claiming that she did not her any assault, and only heard a door close and a glimpse of light (Stormer, 510). Which sounds unbelievable because he was killed with an axe. Being killed with something like that would make some kind of noise. She went on trial twice, once she served a year and the next trial she was set free, hung jury ended in mistrial (Stormer, 510). People think the main reason that she was set free because her and her children suffer
The theme for these pieces of literature are what goes around comes around. Both women husband was abusive and now karma has finally come around. Also, another theme is women empowerment.
Both works have similar plots. In A Jury of Her Peers is about a woman who …show more content…
Knowing the history content of any work can help you fully understand it or at least get a deeper meaning of the story. Susan Glaspell story was written in 1917. The early 1900s was the era of the first wave of feminism (Kang). Women standing up for their rights and their moral beliefs. You can even say that she was a feminist herself. Also, this story is based off a true story. It is quite similar to the story that happened on December 1, 1900 in Indianola, Iowa. While working as a reporter in Des Moines, Iowa, she read an interested story. The story is about a wife, Margaret Hossack that was accused of murdering her husband, John Hossack. She said she was asleep beside her husband, claiming that she did not her any assault, and only heard a door close and a glimpse of light (Stormer, 510). Which sounds unbelievable because he was killed with an axe. Being killed with something like that would make some kind of noise. She went on trial twice, once she served a year and the next trial she was set free, hung jury ended in mistrial (Stormer, 510). People think the main reason that she was set free because her and her children suffer