a jury of her peers
... Peters who is the sheriff, Mrs. Peters who is the sheriff’s wife, and Mr. Henderson who is the county attorney to Martha Hale’s next-door neighbor’s house. Approaching the house, Martha knows that something is wrong with her neighbor Minnie Foster Wright. Inside the house, Mr. Hale explains finding Minnie Wright, and tells how she sat numbingly while he found her dead husband. Martha Hale knows that Minnie Wright was not in a loving relationship and immediately feels sorry for her. The men start looking around the house for clues and begin commenting on how bad a housekeeper Minnie is. By commenting on the upkeep of the house, Glaspell is able to show how men view women and their place in the world. The men continue to belittle the women when they tell the women to come and get them if they find a clue - if they know what a clue looks like. As the men search for clues upstairs and in the barn, Martha Hale and Mrs. Peters go into the kitchen. While in the kitchen the women find many clues that will convict Minnie Wright of the murder. The...