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A Jury of her Peers
How Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are, peers of Mrs. Wright in a way that an all-male jury
could not be?
They are empathetic and possess a superior ability to de-code the narrative of Minnie
Wright's life (Schotland 53). Moreover, they have a care-moral orientation something that an all-
male jury cannot have. According to Gilligan (66) who tries to improve one feminist justice
theory that assists in justifying Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters’ decision, states that the way women
perceive and evaluate moral issues is very different from the way men perceive and evaluate
moral problems. For instance, women are linked with an ethic of caring while men are linked
with an ethic of rights (Weisbrod 62). A care-moral orientation (an ethic of caring) regards
fairness in respect of relationships and bonds/ties while a justice-moral orientation (an ethic of
rights) regards fairness in respect of regulations and a standard of equality. Because of the care
orientation, the women get to take a look at the factors that led to the death of John Wright and
consider if it was justifiable or unjustifiable. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters found hints that
demonstrate a history of mental abuse that drove Mrs. Wright into strangling her husband. The
apparent motive for Mrs. Wright's actions is discovered when the dead body of a singing bird is
found by the two women with its neck broken. Since the play took place in 1917, a time when an
all-male jury would have convicted Mrs. Wright, the two women concealed the evidence because
they empathized with Minnie and felt bound in protecting their fellow women. During this time,
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women had no voice and therefore, were expected to be submissive to their husbands and due to
this; both Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters understood what it was like to be in an abusive relationship
as a woman and that is why they acted as a mini jury of Mrs. Wright’s gender peers and opted to
hide the evidence.
In a literal sense, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters obstruct justice by concealing evidence that
connects Mrs. Wright to the murder. In what sense could it be said that Mrs. Hale and
Mrs. Peters were serving some higher form of justice than the letter of the law?
It could be said that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters were serving some higher form of justice
than the letter of the law when they considered certain matters. For instance, according to them,
murder was not a criminal offense in instances where the victim was the one who precipitated the
crime. From the play, we see that Mr. Wright’s actions towards Mrs. Wright were the main cause
of his death. For instance, John Wright abused his wife Mrs. Wright more often. This was
revealed by Mrs. Hale who was Mrs. Wright’s neighbor for twenty years. She acknowledged
Minnie even before she was espoused. From the play, we see Mrs. Hale commenting on how
Mrs. Wright changed from a bubbly and joyful girl before she was hitched into a passive and sad
woman after the wedlock. She further stated how John Wright’s stinginess made Minnie
incapable of joining the ladies auxiliary hence giving rise to her loneliness, isolation, and
sadness. She also stated how she wished she would have visited but then it was impossible
because John Wright didn’t want any visitors (the house wasn’t “cheerful”) (Glaspell).
Moreover, she described John as "a hard man. . . Like a raw wind that gets to the bone"
(Glaspell). Lastly, when extrapolating that John Wright was the one who murdered the bird, she
comments that Mr. Wright obviously wouldn't like the canary--"a thing that sang. She used to
sing. He killed that too" (Glaspell). The evidence provided above clearly shows how Mr. Wright
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A Jury of her Peers
How Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are, peers of Mrs. Wright in a way that an all-male jury
could not be?
They are empathetic and possess a superior ability to de-code the narrative of Minnie
Wright's life (Schotland 53). Moreover, they have a care-moral orientation something that an all-
male jury cannot have. According to Gilligan (66) who tries to improve one feminist justice
theory that assists in justifying Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters’ decision, states that the way women
perceive and evaluate moral issues is very different from the way men perceive and evaluate
moral problems. For instance, women are linked with an ethic of caring while men are linked
with an ethic of rights (Weisbrod 62). A care-moral orientation (an ethic of caring) regards
fairness in respect of relationships and bonds/ties while a justice-moral orientation (an ethic of
rights) regards fairness in respect of regulations and a standard of equality. Because of the care
orientation, the women get to take a look at the factors that led to the death of John Wright and
consider if it was justifiable or unjustifiable. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters found hints that
demonstrate a history of mental abuse that drove Mrs. Wright into strangling her husband. The
apparent motive for Mrs. Wright's actions is discovered when the dead body of a singing bird is
found by the two women with its neck broken. Since the play took place in 1917, a time when an
all-male jury would have convicted Mrs. Wright, the two women concealed the evidence because
they empathized with Minnie and felt bound in protecting their fellow women. During this time,
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women had no voice and therefore, were expected to be submissive to their husbands and due to
this; both Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters understood what it was like to be in an abusive relationship
as a woman and that is why they acted as a mini jury of Mrs. Wright’s gender peers and opted to
hide the evidence.
In a literal sense, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters obstruct justice by concealing evidence that
connects Mrs. Wright to the murder. In what sense could it be said that Mrs. Hale and
Mrs. Peters were serving some higher form of justice than the letter of the law?
It could be said that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters were serving some higher form of justice
than the letter of the law when they considered certain matters. For instance, according to them,
murder was not a criminal offense in instances where the victim was the one who precipitated the
crime. From the play, we see that Mr. Wright’s actions towards Mrs. Wright were the main cause
of his death. For instance, John Wright abused his wife Mrs. Wright more often. This was
revealed by Mrs. Hale who was Mrs. Wright’s neighbor for twenty years. She acknowledged
Minnie even before she was espoused. From the play, we see Mrs. Hale commenting on how
Mrs. Wright changed from a bubbly and joyful girl before she was hitched into a passive and sad
woman after the wedlock. She further stated how John Wright’s stinginess made Minnie
incapable of joining the ladies auxiliary hence giving rise to her loneliness, isolation, and
sadness. She also stated how she wished she would have visited but then it was impossible
because John Wright didn’t want any visitors (the house wasn’t “cheerful”) (Glaspell).
Moreover, she described John as "a hard man. . . Like a raw wind that gets to the bone"
(Glaspell). Lastly, when extrapolating that John Wright was the one who murdered the bird, she
comments that Mr. Wright obviously wouldn't like the canary--"a thing that sang. She used to
sing. He killed that too" (Glaspell). The evidence provided above clearly shows how Mr. Wright
