The story starts in the kitchen of Mrs. Hale and then she was taken to the Wright house which it was the house where the murder took place. While in the house the men were investigating the murder while the women were just standing by the door. The woman are the ones that are being oppressed by the men throughout the story. The men push the women aside and how the men help emphasize the expectations of a women to do only chores and stay in the kitchen and stay out of the way while the men are discussing about their business. Both of the female characters in the story, Mrs. Peters and Martha Hale, have many conflict ments to Minnie Wright and the male legal system. The commitment to Minnie Wright is because of their realization that many women have gone through isolation just because of their gender. This was the time when women could not vote because of their were treated just as wives and nothing more than just housewives. This brings up Mrs. Peters, the Sheriff's wife, they give her the right as she was told that since she is married to the law, she should have the responsibility to her husband and the law because they are the same in the minds of the men. …show more content…
Because laws are controlled by the man that gives them more power and are able to get away with anything. Around this time aswell men controlled every institutions that would have to do with the legal system, which it meant that Minnie Wright is not going to have the chance to be judged in a legal court by a normal jury of her peers. The men are the ones in charge of the official legal system and men, not women will be judging Minnie Wright’s crime, and would also be choosing her punishment as well. At first the women also feel the responsibility and over the course of the story, they can start to understand how the men are able to dominate the