Susan Glaspell A Jury Of Her Peers Analysis

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In the murder case of A Jury Of Her Peers written by Susan Glaspell, Mrs. Wright stolidly tells Mr. Hale and Mr. Peters that her spouse is dead. The men along with their wives work together to solve the murder of Mr. Wright. Although Mrs. Wright does not initially appear capable of murder, Mrs. Peters and Mr. Hale conclude she strangled her husband as evidenced by the crazily sewn quilt patch, the unhinged bird cage, and the mutilated canary. First, the quilt patch was much messier than Mrs. Wright’s usual neat work. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale looked carefully at the unfinished quilt to see if she was going quilt it or knot it, if it were to be knotted it would much messier. After looking carefully they decided that she was going to quilt it

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