Research Paper That Focuses On The Short Story A Jury Of Her Peers

NameCourseCourse InstructorDateA Jury of Her PeersMinnie Wright has lived with John Wright her husband of more than twenty years. The couple’s home is isolated in a hollow far from the road. Their house has been described as “lonesome-looking” and on a lonesome stretch of the roadCITATION Gla93 \p 283 \l 7177 (Glaspell 283). In the fateful evening Mr. Hale happened to be driving along and decided to visit the Wright’s house with the intention of interesting Mr. Wright to connect their house to a telephone. Mr. Hale did not get immediate admittance on the door but on knocking a second time thought he was asked to go inside the house. Upon entry into the house through the kitchen door, Mr. Hale found Mrs. Wright sitting on a rocker chair pleating at her apron. Mrs. Wright did not greet, welcome or indeed offer any hospitality to the visitor. Mr. Hale’s reception at the Wrights house can best be described as passive. On stating his intention to see Mr. Wright, Mr. Hale was in the first instance met with what he thought was a laugh. On insisting on his desire to see Mr. Wright, Mr. Hale was casually informed that he