A Jury of Her Peers: Acquitted At Home

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deeper meanings from the room's disarray and the condition of various items throughout the first-floor room. The cast-iron stove is the heart of the home and the place where women would spend most of their time, so it makes sense that this is where Glaspell chooses to situate her conflict. She makes her setting a place that can be both a literal and figurative social battleground.
Through the use round and dynamic characters, the author successfully adds depth to the central idea of the story. Mrs. Hale represents the typical farm wife who knows that the job of maintaining a house is never done and that her home is a direct reflection of her self and family, judged by all who pass through it. Mrs. Peters, the sheriff's wife, is illustrative of the quiet, stoic support that a woman was supposed to provide her husband. Glaspell makes the characters fully believable in their assigned matriarchal roles while also showing that they are unique and empathetic individuals. For ...

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