How Is Mr. Hale Presented In A Jury Of Her Peers

Glaspell's "Jury of Her Peers";

1. Minnie Foster Wright was the central character whom the story focuses on. She once was a colorful, joyful woman until she married Mr. Wright who was frugal and a hard man. She lives in a house that was not cheerful, in a hollow where you could not view the road and with no communication to the outside world such as a telephone. She had no children and al her friends stopped visiting since her house was not cheerful and they did not like her unpleasant, hard husband. Mrs. Hale says how he crushed her spirit and killed her only companion, that she loved, her pet bird. Minnie does not speak in this story, instead she is described by her friends and the men investigating her husband’s murder. Mr. Hale

Mrs. Hale seems to be extra compassionate and understanding, especially compared to Mrs. Peters in the start of this story. This was probably due to Minnie Wright being her friend before she married her horrible husband who drove everyone away, and she could not believe that Minnie Foster would be capable of what she was being accused of. Mrs. Hale did not like to leave chores half-finished, noticing chores left half-finished at Minnie’s house. The men made rude comments regarding the mess resulting in Mrs. Hale becoming especially protective over her friend. She defends her since she was not there to defend herself and Mrs. Hale realizes that an important interruption must have gotten in the way of her tasks she had not completed. Mrs. Peters was a petite, timid, thin woman, without a strong voice. Mrs. Peters believes that the law was the law, being the sheriff’s wife and until the completion does not consider any exceptions to that. Mrs. Hale, on the other hand, seemed the stronger of the two, less timid, and able to voice her opinions sticking up for what feels right to her. Mrs. Peters is a sheriff’s wife who is quiet and timid and believes in the law, while Mrs. Hale is a farmer’s wife living a simple life and who is not afraid to stick up for what she

I believe the two women did not voice their conclusions concerning the murderer because they both could understand why she snapped and how horrible he was to his wife before she murdered him. Glaspell shows that they both understood who murdered Mr. Wright and why towards the conclusion, when they found her broken bird cage and her beloved bird who was killed after Mr. Wright wrung it around its neck. Mrs. Peters describes when she was a girl and a boy killed her cat in front of her. She says that if she wasn’t held back like she was, she probably would have injured him showing her empathy for Mrs. Wright. Mrs. Hale similarly reveals what she understands describing what she knew Mr. Wright did to his wives bird. Mrs. Hale says, “—why do you and I understand? Why do we know—what we know this minute?” This quote not only shows that they recognize who murdered John Wright, but they understood why. They knew the motive while feeling enough compassion for Minnie to keep quiet. Due to their understanding of the motive, they silently cover up the clues they had found, such as the dead bird and the box she was to bury her bird in. First they hid it in the quilting, then Mrs. Hale hides it in her possession after Mrs. Peters cannot fit it in her handbag and freaks out about touching a dead bird. They identify the method of how he died with a rope around his neck when the sheriff inquires if she was planning to quilt her quilt or just knot it and they replied that she