Breaking the Bonds of Oppression in Susan Glaspells A Jury of Her Peer

Breaking the Bonds of Oppression in A Jury of Her Peers Susan Glaspells A Jury of Her Peers is a think into the lives of out-of-the-way(prenominal)mers wives in the Midwest at the turn of the century. These women live in a virile dominated world, where the men consider them incompetent and frivolous. The only identity they look at is that associated with their husbands. They stay at the farmhouse to complete their repetitive and exhausting chores. The wives have shortsighted or no contact with the other people because of the distances between farms. Glaspell uses her distaff characters to rebel against the inequalities that women face and to prove that women are competent and when pushed too far --strike back. The male dominant society that is condescending, controlling, denies individuality, demands submission, and is abusive toward women, is a society that punishes and deprives itself. It is a society that is harmful and hurtful, not only to the women, but to the men as we ll. Typical of the male dominant frame of mind, the mens view of the women in A Jury of Her Peers is condescending from start to finish. Putting a slight twist on Shakespeares famous metaphor, The world is a stage, the men are the puppeteers, and the women merely puppets, evidences the mens beliefs (Act II, movie 7, lines 143-144). The men believe they are superior and more intelligent than the women are. The smack of superiority is evident in Mr. Hales comment, women are use to worrying over trifles (Glaspell 186). Similarly, these feelings of superiority are shown in the county attorneys musings over whether the women would know a clue if they came upon it (Glaspell 187). Glaspell uses this emotion to create the ridicule in the story. She shows how ... ...journalsShyp.html&querydocid=1096142 library_a&dtype=00&dinst=0> Sherman, Beth. The Dirt on Men despite Liberation, Education, Maturation and Good Old Nagging, Women still nookiet get their Men to Clean the House. Is it a Lost birth or is there Some Way to Make Men complete Clean? 26 Sept. 1992. SI., Newsday. 17 Feb. 1999. <http//www.elibrary.com/s/edumark/getdoc.cgi?id=125920539x0y20939w1& OIDS=0Q002D000&Form=RL&pubname=Newsday&puburl=httpCSS www.newsday.com&querydocid=213927library_g&dtype=00&dinst=0> Walradth, Ellie. Historian Says Farm Wives a Happy Lot. 21 Feb. 1997. University of Wisconsin. 17 Feb. 1999. <http//www.elibrary.com/s/edumark/getdoc.cgi?id=125920539x0y20939w1& OIDS=0Q002D000&Form=RL&pubname=Newsday&puburl=httpCSS www.newsday.com&querydocid=213927library_g&dtype=00&dinst=0>