A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell is a story of a woman named Mrs. Foster-Wright. She was a woman who was taken to jail after a man called Mr. Hale and his son came to see if her husband, Mr. Wright would like to join in with the other neighbors to get a phone. As Mr. Hale comes inside, he notices Mrs. Wright sitting in her chair acting very nervous. He asks her where her husband is and she pointed upstairs. Mr. Hale asked to see him but she says "Cause he's dead" (185). He indeed finds Mr. Wright upstairs dead by a rope around his neck. The next day they take Mrs. Wright in custody and send a group of people to check out their house for clues. The group includes the sheriff, his wife, Mrs. Hale and Mr. Hale. When they reach the Wright house, the men went upstairs to discuss the murder scene and look for clues. They leave the women downstairs to gather things and to look for clues. The women do indeed find the clues to implicate Mrs. Wright and the men do not. The ladies decide not to turn in Mrs. Wright because they feel sorry for her. The reason that the ladies do not tun in Mrs. Wright is because she is a sensitive, creative, and submissive woman.
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In conclusion, the lesson learned in this story is "Desperate times call for desperate measures" Prior to meeting her husband, Mrs. Wright was a happy woman. To everyone around her she was a sensitive, creative and submissive person. What made her finally lose it all and end her marriage in cold blood; or was it self defense?
At the beginning of the story when Mr. Hale told the sheriff his story he noted that Mrs. Wright was "pleatin her apron" (186). Perhaps pleating her apron was just running it through her hands or it could have been that she was sewing it or fixing a hole or something like that. Another example of Mrs. Wright, Minnie's , creativity is her unfinished quilt in her closet. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters found the quilt while looking for clothes for her. The quilt was a "log cabin pattern" (190) a difficult pattern to quilt and it was in pieces in her quilting basket. Mrs. Hale noted the "fine, even sewing" (190). A skilled quiltsman(woman), would be able to do these stiches easily and elegantly. The last character trait that Mrs. Wright possessed was submissiveness.
ows the sensitivity of her soul. When the women step into the kitchen one of the first thing that the
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