Category: A Jury of Her Peers

Trifles and A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell: Analytical Essay In 1916, the play Trifles was made by Susan Glaspell. She was conceived in Davenport Iowa. Trifles was produced using a real killing court case and subsiding of a farmer’s better half that Susan Glaspell was covering while then working for Des Moines…

Crime And Punishment In A Jury Of Her Peers During the 19th century, women were obligated to follow the wants of their husbands who had complete power of every little thing. They had a limited say in any decision and had to burden themselves with their thoughts as their opinions were never prioritized. Constantly in…

The Idea Of Male Superiority Over Women In A Jury Of Her Peers By Susan Glaspell Susan Glaspells Jury of Her Peers illustrates how womens moral judgment is influenced by the authority of men and how a shared female experience gives insight that is ultimately more important to womens moral judgment. Womens awakening, their feminine…

A Jury Of Her Peers: Feminist Analysis In the article written by Catherine Lavender, a popular saying about women in the late 1800s was She does what she can, but she is conscious of her inferiority and therefore grateful for support (Lavender 3). In A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspel was written in…

A Jury of Her Peers: Short Answer Reader’s Response Select one of the short stories and discuss how a particular social group is constructed eg race, gender, socio-economic status. Particular social groups are often constructed in a negative light. In the short story A Jury of Her Peers, the author, Susan Glaspell constructs a patriarchal…

General Overview and Analysis Of A Jury of Her Peers In A Jury of Her Peers, the county attorney George Henderson is trying to solve the murder in the whole drama. He makes the sexist comment in the first clash between the male characters and the female ones. He thinks that women only worry about…