Irony, By Susan Glaspell 's `` A Jury Of Her Peers ``

I have always felt that a good piece of writing causes the reader to think about and analyze a given set of circumstances so that he expands his worldly understandings. Such writing is stimulating and often includes an element of controversy. The short story “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell is one example of this provocation in which the writer conveys her views on sexual injustice. In a way that is conceptually intriguing, Glaspell expresses her ideas about the misunderstandings between men and women during the early twentieth century. While personally disagreeing with the interpretive outcome of the story as well as the message that it is intended to present, I must admit that it did provide me with insight into the mind

The best feeling one can experience is winning a prize. For example, when one wins the lottery, one is excited, however not the lottery in the story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. The lottery in this story represents a certain kind of irony known as situational irony. Now, this is not the only example of irony included in this story there are also examples of verbal irony and dramatic irony. In The story “The Lottery” there are countless instances of situational irony, verbal irony, and dramatic irony that presents readers with the barbaric ways of the town and allows readers to have an insight on the town’s issues.

     Irony is a main theme in Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery.” The irony in the story can be separated into three main

In both “The Lottery” and “The Possibility of Evil” Jackson uses irony. In “The Lottery” she uses irony by taking something that most think is positive and giving it a negative connotation. She does this by writing “The lottery is conducted… by Mr.

There are three principal sources of interest in narratives: suspense, mystery, and irony. In the narratives “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Ronald Dahl, irony is a primary source of interest. Irony is defined as a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result. In both of these cases, the use of irony by the authors greatens the impact the pieces have on their audience. In both “A Rose for Emily” and “Lamb to the Slaughter”, the authors have numerous pieces of irony throughout their respective stories; this use of irony creates a better reading experience for the reader.

In Susan Glaspell’s, “A Jury of her Peers”, it is the women who take center stage and captivate the reader’s emotions. Throughout the feministic short story, which was written in 1917, several repeating patterns and symbols help the audience to gain a deeper understanding of the difficulty of prairie life for women and of the bond that women share. The incredible cunning the women in the story demonstrate provides insight into the innate independence that women had even during days of deep sexual discrimination. In “A Jury of her Peers”, the hardships women of the early twentieth century must endure and the sisterhood that they can still manage to maintain are manifested as a mysterious, small-town murder unfolds.

In “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, Minnie Foster Wright is the main character, even though the reader never sees Mrs. Wright. The story begins as Mrs. Hale joins the county attorney, Mr. Henderson; the sheriff, Mr. Peters; Mrs. Peters; and her husband in a “big two-seated buggy” (188). The team men are headed the Wright house to investigate Mr. Wright’s murder. Mrs. Peters is going along to gather some belongings for Mrs. Wright, who is currently being held in jail, and Mrs. Hale has been asked to accompany Mrs. Peters. As the investigation is conducted throughout the story, the reader is given a sense of how women were treated during this time and insight into why the women ultimately keep evidence from the men.

Many authors use irony to make their writings more diverse, as well as to intensify the literary elements in the story. Shirley Jackson, writer of “The Lottery”, does this in her stories in order to leave the reader in suspense and confusion with her use of situational irony. She also uses dramatic irony to give the story a grotesque twist and to cause the reader more confusion about the characters’ morals. Verbal irony is used to intensify characterization as well as give the reader an insight into the true beliefs of those in the village. The use of irony in all three forms throughout the story adds an intensity to the development of many literary elements throughout the story.

In Susan Glaspell’s A Jury of Her Peers, she writes a clue seeking story of how the sheriff will find enough evidence to charge Minnie Wright of the murder of her husband John. The story starts off with Mr. Hale telling his story of how he went over to the Wright’s only to learn Mr. Wright was dead. The story then focuses on the two women Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, as they discover more and more evidence in the kitchen while they are gathering things to take to Minnie Wright in jail. Glaspell uses character conflict, and plot to help guide the reader into a story about moral conflict.

In Susan Glaspell’s short story “A Jury of Her Peers”, the women, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, were able to outsmart the men in the investigation of Mr. Wright’s death by discovering the motive for the murder. Minnie Wright is Mr. Wright’s wife and she is the one who murdered him by strangling him in a room upstairs. The woman in the story, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, figured out the Mrs. Wright killed her husband because there was evidence and hints around the kitchen. The men that came to solve the murder were he sheriff, a lawyer, and Mr. Hale however they completely disregarded looking in the kitchen for evidence instead they just “…laugh[ed] [at] the insignificance of kitchen things” (Glaspell 369). This lead the men to go upstairs in the

When searching for a life-long companion, every woman has their version of “Mr. Right.” For some, that perfect man may possess tall, dark, and handsome qualities. For others, he may only require a stable job and a head between his shoulders. In “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, a version of “Mr. and Mrs. Wright” is ironically developed through two main characters, Martha Hale and Mrs. Peters. Throughout the literary work, Mrs. Hale overcomes her many burdens to protect a presumed murder that she once referred to as a friend.

Social criticism can be involved in detective fiction, we see equality of the sexes being laughed at. Men in “A Jury of Her Peers” written by Susan Glaspell story, make fun of women, and Glaspell is deliberately critiquing the way men see women. Also, Klein argues that in detective fiction stories the detective is a detective male and the victim is always female. Which refers to in most detective stories women are just the laughing victims in the story and not the hero or seen as the favorite.

A Jury of her Peers was written by Susan Glaspell. “The play and the story were inspired by a murder that Glaspell covered while working as a reporter for the Des Moines Daily News. Although "A Jury of Her Peers" concerns a murder investigation, the story is not a whodunit as much as it is a mystery of motive. As the women in the story discover the motive by paying close attention to "women's trifles," the theme of the story is revealed” (learner.org).

Throughout history, there has been a blatant difference in the world’s perception of the hierarchical standings of men and women. In many regards, men are viewed as superior to women. Because progress towards equality between the sexes has been made, it may be difficult for one to imagine the stark differences in the standards of which men and women were held to a century ago. In “A Jury of Her Peers,” Susan Glaspell crafts an intricate portrayal of these differences, but also provides a closer look at interpersonal relationships in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as how one’s atmosphere may affect the mind.

An average human works countless hours to earn a living. Some clean the house of disheveled footprints and pesky dust particles, while others make sure their families are healthy. It's no secret that we are all demanding and get extremely busy which, unfortunately, causes us to forget certain tasks. Mrs. Hale’s journey in Susan Glaspell’s short story is the perfect picture of this statement. Her continual want to visit Mrs. Wright was, no doubt, very strong throughout the pages of A Jury of Her Peers, which, in turn, allowed pity to settle into the deepest parts of her coat pocket.