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By: Cynthia Ximello, Patrick Robertson and BrieAnna Allen

All three men illustrate a lack of compassion and insight for women. This is indirect characterization, shown in all the times they make fun of the women, and also shown through their inability to solve the case.

The End

Point Of View

Third person limited through the eyes of Mrs. Hale and is used primarily to reveal information through conversations and reactions. It also contributes to the theme.

Symbolism

This point of view is appropriate for the story because while we can say Ms. Hale is biased, the theme of sexism wouldn't have been conveyed through one of the male characters. It is important that the point of view be third person limited, because aside from her memories and remarks it incorporates a better understanding of the events that take place by placing the reader in Mrs. Hale's prospective.

  • The bird in the bird cage (before it was killed) represnts Mrs. Wright and her inability to be free from her marriage, which is the bird cage, while the bird itself represents the last bit of 'Minnie Foster' that was left.
  • The bird with it's twisted neck represents an abusive relationship as well as the death of what was left of Minnie Foster.
  • The knotting in the quilt represents the ending of Mr.Wright's life signaling that a 'loose end' has now been taken care of.
  • The rocking chair represents Minnie Wright. Mrs. Hale describes the chair as 'dingy' as well as other negative things, but then says that the chair hadn't always been that way, just as how Minnie Foster use to be elegant and beautiful and now, like the chair, she is not.

By: Cynthia Ximello

Theme and

Fictional Type

By: BrieAnna Allen

A Jury of Her Peers is literary fiction because it is used to depict sexism in an everyday society.

Others may overlook ones potential due to sexism.

This is shown by Mrs. Hale's and Mrs. Peter's ablility to find and hide the evidence needed to prove that Mrs. Wright murdered her husband despite what the men said sbout them. The idea of sexism is further expanded by the women's ability to understand things about the murderer that the men are incapable of understanding, specifically her motives for commiting the murder.

Patrick

Plot and Structure

Pickles and peanuts

The story starts with Mrs. Hale in her house. Here, she expresses characteristics that are deemed feminine in the story. Mrs. Hale is in her kitchen, looking around at all of the things she has left to do. She leaves the house with the other characters,but does so grudgingly as she is disgruntled by the work that still left to be done.

Mrs. Hale enters the car with the rest of the characters. In the car, the men stay to themselves, while Mrs.Peters attempts to become acquainted with Mrs. Hale. The group arrives at the house and gathers around a fire that Mr. Peters assistant had lit earlier for them and they begin to socialize. The two women, however, remain apart from the men and far from the fire.

Mr. Peters finally creates an air of "official business" by asking Mr. Hale to recount his experience at the house the day before. Mr. Hale describes how he had arrived at the house to ask Mr. Wright a question. When he opened the door of the house, he found Mrs. Wright knitting and asks if he can see Mr. Wright, but she tells him that he cannot see Mr. Wright because he is dead. Mr. Hale and his son went up the stairs of the house and find that Mr. Wright is indeed dead and that someone had strangled him with a rope in his bed.

Humor

Main Characters

After Mr. Hale finishes telling his story, the men begin looking for evidence to prove that Mrs. Wright (Minnie Foster) is the murderer. The men feel that "there (is) nothing of importance" in the kitchen and confirm this to themselves when they find jars of broken jam in the cabinet. Dismissing the area as just containing "kitchen things," they go upstairs to look for evidence, leaving the women behind in the kitchen. Before they leave, however, they make a comment about how dirty the towels are, offending the women and creating tension between the two sexes.

Mrs. Hale

Mr. Peters

Mrs. Peters

Mrs. Hale says that it is odd that Mr. Wright didn't wake up when the rope was put around his neck. She then recalls Mr. Hale saying that there was a gun in the house. Mrs. Hale takes this as even greater evidence that Mrs. Wright did not commit the murder. Mrs. Hale says she thinks that what the men are doing is wrong and that they shouldn't be trying to "get (Mrs. Wright's) own house to turn against her," even if it is the law.

Indirect

The two women now examined the room. Mrs. Hale realizes that there are many things that have been left unfinished in the room an wonders what could have interrupted Mrs. Wright while she was doing them. The two women begin to sympathize with Mrs. Wright, especially after seeing her destroyed fruit preservatives and the clothing she now wore. The two women then agree that they do not think that Mrs. Wright killed Mr. Wright.

Indirect

Easily swayed: Shown when she expresses to Mrs. Hale that they can't do anything because it would be against the law, but when Mrs. Hale expresses that she doesn't deserve to be in jail,she agrees to help hide the evidence.

Sympathetic: She understand and relates to Minnie Fosters reasoning for killing her husband, even though most would be appalled that a person would kill another individual just because said individual killed their bird.

Laid back:Decides to sit around the fire and talk to the other men when first arriving at the house, despite the severity of the case he is investigating

Light hearted: During the entire investigation, even though he is the sheriff and they are in the middle of a murder investigation he continues to make jokes and have a carefree attitude.

Persistent: Consistently pushes Mrs. Peters to go against the law.

Stubborn: Refused to believe Mrs. Wright was the murderer despite all of the evidence she found against her until it was absolutely undeniable. Then she still refused to allow that evidence to be used against Mrs. Wright by hiding it

Obessive/Impulsive: Disliked leaving her kitchen with so many things left undone. Was irritated and intreuged by all of the unfinished things in Mrs. Wright's house

Direct

Direct

Direct

"heavy, with a big voice,"

"particularly genial"

"to the dot the kind of man who could get himself elected sheriff"

Small, Thin ,Meek

"She was small and thin and didn't have a strong voice"

Tough, Big Boned- "big farmer woman"

Mr. Hale

Court Attorney

Indirect

  • The men think it's hilarious that all the two girls were able to find out was whether Mrs. Wright wanted the quilt that she was making to be knotted and not stitched.

""Do you suppose she was going to quilt it or knot it?" The sheriff threw up his hands "They wonder whether she was going to quilt it or just knot it!""

  • Mrs. Wright is worried about her fruits and her shawl but not the fact that she is being accused of murder.

"Mrs. Peter's husband broke into a laugh. "Well can you beat the woman! Held for murder and worrying about her preserves!""

  • The men being unaware that what they believe are 'trifles' are actually the only evidence to prove that Mrs. Wright commited murder.

Haughty: Feels superior to woman in every way. Shown when he says that "woman are use to worrying about trifles"

Short Attention span: Gets side tracked while telling the story of how he discovered the murder. Mrs. Hale describes how he is often prone to this in past as well

Intelligent: Since he is a court attorney and also acts as a sort of detective he must be more intelligent than the average man.

Closed-minded: Unable to solve the case because his views are limited from the point of view of a man.

Obsessive: Wanted to remain on site over night to look for more evidence that points toward a motive for the murder

By: BrieAnna Allen

The women continue to inspect the room. They find and unfinished quilt and wonder how Mrs. Wright is going to finish it. Just as they ask each other if she is going to "quilt it or knot it," the men return to the kitchen. They mockingly mimic Mrs. Hale and then leave again. The women return to looking at the quilt and see one of the pieces has been done completely wrong. They look at each other, knowing something is wrong. To end the awkward moment, Mrs. Hale attempts to fix the stitching.

The women find a broken bird cage and wonder what has happened to the bird. Mrs. Hale feels guilty that she never came to visit Mrs. Wright, as she saw the bird as her only company in the house. The women decide that they want to bring the quilt to Mrs. Wright so she has something to do while in jail. The women begin gathering the materials she will need to continue the quilt, and in a box that they believe the scissors to be in they find the bird, dead and decaying. They look at each other once more and realize the truth of who killed Mr. Wright.

they arrived at the house which turned out to be infested with man eating killer unicorns. everyone was eaten the end

The men return yet again and ask the women if they have found any evidence. The women quickly hide the box with the bird in it, so that the men do not see it,as it may be the evidence needed to convict Mrs. Wright, and say that they have found nothing of value. The court attorney, who is unsatisfied with the evidence they have found because they do not have a motive for the murder, decides to stay the night in the house to look for more evidence. As they rest of the group leaves, they decide not to check if there is anything they could use in the supplies that the women are bringing out of the house. The story ends with the court attorney bringing up the quilt again as a joke, asking if the women had found out if it was knotted or quilted, but Mrs. Hale is completely serious when she relies that it was knotted.

By: BrieAnna Allen

Patrick

Irony

  • The title of the story is ironic because at the time, women were not allowed to serve on a jury and Mrs. Wright would never have been allowed a jury of her peers
  • There is irony in the name of Mr. Wright, because he was wrong for Mini Foster.
  • Sexism throughout the story is ironic because the men feel superior to the women and yet, it is the women that find evidence which suggests a motive for Minnie to have killed her husband. The women's potential is overlooked by the men in the story. Mr Hale states, "But would the women know a clue if they did come upon it?" (266). This remark suggests that women aren't intelligent enough to notice a clue. In the end, it is the women who notice the carelessness in Minnie's quilt, and her failure to finish her chores.
  • The men are being sexist toward the women and after seeing the dead bird the women decide to cover up the murder. They realize Minnie was probably stressed out and the dead bird would have pushed her over the edge. They believed his death was justified because Mr. Wright killed Minnie's Bird and her spirit.
  • It is ironical that Mrs. Hale is a truly strong and a tough women. However, she is unappreciated for all of the work she does because it is the work of a women.

By:Cynthia Ximello

Irony is an essential aspect to the story because it emphasizes the central idea of sexism. The audience must then take time in realizing the difference between what is said and what expected.

A Jury

of Her Peers

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