Logos- The story “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell is composed as a short story. The story has many characters who speak to one another we know this because there are quotation marks to show the dialog. The narrator uses a third person omniscient point of view so the reader knows what everyone is thinking which helps develop the story line. The actual text is not broken up into paragraphs.
Ethos- Susan Glaspell is a well known author and is most famous for her short story, “A Jury of Her Peers”. Susan has always been one to rebel, “she rebelled against society’s expectations and, rather than passively wait for a husband to appear, went to Drake University in Des Moines, graduating in June of 1899…” (Ozieblo). She is not afraid of breaking
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The address to the Susan Glaspell Society website is http://blogs.shu.edu/glaspellsociety/sample-page/. Once I found the society I clicked on the about section on the page. This is where I found the most helpful information in developing the ethos of the story. As a reader it always helps to understand the authors background. And as I was reading I found out just how much of a rebel Susan Glaspell was in her own life. By understanding how she is as a person it allowed me to connect with the text and leave with a deeper understanding. The webpage also discussed how she stood for women rights and was never shy with her beliefs. Once I read about her beliefs it really tied up some lose ends for me and allowed me to fully interpret Glaspell’s intended meaning/purpose of the story. The genre of the source is a fan/author information site. I am honestly confused by the genre of the website. I was unable to find a sponsor for the website. But, I did see that other affiliated societies had a link on their website kind of like a sponsor in a way? The links to the affiliated societies websites are: