The short story Susan Glaspell “A Jury of Her Peers” In A Jury of Her Peers, Mrs. Peters is married to the law” (in the form of her husband the sheriff), whereas Mrs. Hale is married to the farmer who first discovered the murder. In what ways, including dress, speech and manners, action, and attitude, are the two visiting women alike or different? In what ways do they identify with or distance themselves from the absent wife, Mrs.Wright? How do the men and women take sides separately or together? Is the Idea that the murder was provoked sign of the story realistic portrayal of the marriage around 1900? Write an essay focusing on turn-of-the-century marriage, the law, and alliances as well as differences between men and women(“peers”) in this story. |