Justice and Morality in Susan's Glaspell's A Jury of her Peers

Though the average person would never admit that murder is acceptable, the story A Jury of Her Peers convinces most people otherwise. We are introduced to a situation about an abused woman who finds a way out of her situation by killing her less-than-desirable husband. As we are launched into seeing the point of view of Minnie Wright, Susan Glaspell used physical and emotional abuse to convince the reader to come to a moral conclusion that does not agree with the standards of the legal system.
The first sign of emotional abuse seen in the story is in the form of isolation. Mr. Wright denies the form of communication offered to him and his wife, the telephone. When Mr. Hale is telling the sheriff and county prosecutor about how he found Mr. Wright’s dead body, he even tells them that “I didn’t know as what his wife wanted made much difference to John” (paragraph 25) . Isolation is displayed even further throughout the story. Minnie Wright is never even seen in the ...