A Jury of Her Peers

A Jury of Her Peers
Susan Glaspell

I greatly enjoy murder mysteries; I find them extremely intriguing. However, this story was not intriguing. (sad face) The suspense was created by knowing who killed Mr. Wright, but not knowing why. However, the story seemed to focus more on the view of superiority of men over women rather than the case at hand. "Mrs. Peter's husband broke into a laugh. 'Well, can you beat the women! Held for murder, and worrying about her preserves!'" (412). Passages like this show the superiority the men believe they have over the women. One of the questions asks how it shows the men do not believe that the females are inferior, but the only way this is really shown is through the men bringing the women along. The story ends ironically because the women are viewed to be worthless, but they are the ones who discover the motive. This shows that women are not inferior to men. The sexism is extremely prevalent in this story. The fact that the women took the criticisms without even saying a word proves how the society was in the past when women had little to no importance in society.