Ladies By Susan Glaspell Analysis

In this portion of the passage, Susan Glaspell shows what males think of the role and the importance of women during that time. The tone to the young politician towards the women has mockery in it. This creates the mood of the women as annoyed and stiff. Glaspell emphasized the tone of mockery of males toward women through hesitation marks. For example, when the politician was washing his hands, “He turned to wipe them on the roller towel—whirled it for a cleaner place”. This emphasizes that the politician was expecting the towel to be spotless. Another example was when the politician was get on Mrs. Wright for not having a clean towel by saying, “And yet’ – with a little bow to her – ‘I know there are some Dickson County farm-houses that do not have such roller …show more content…
When the politician said, “Dirty towels not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies?”. This directly single out the women by the politician predetermining that they would know what it takes to be a good housekeeper. He is indirectly saying that the only job of a woman is to clean the house and that she has no other life. This portion also shows the intelligence and courage by their remarks to the politician to defend their reputation and Mrs. Wright. For example, when Mrs. Hale said, “There’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm”. Mrs. Hale’s tone in this quote is annoyed. She is defending Mrs. Wright’s work by telling him that she doesn’t only clean the house. She is telling the politician that there are more jobs to do. Another example was after the politicians’ remark about the other farm-houses in Dickson County. Mrs. Hale’s response was, “Those towels get dirty awful quick. Men’s hands aren’t always as clean as they might be.”. Mrs. Hale insults the politician by saying how dirty their hands are, which shows courage. She is still defending Mrs. Wright. This also shows how women can stick together. When Mrs. Hale could be staying in the