A Jury Of Her Peers

     Susan Glaspell's A Jury of Her Peers is a rather interesting murder mystery. Actually, it isn't really about who did, it is about why they did it. Throughout the story, there is quite a bit of irony. When describing Mrs. Peters, the sheriff's wife, I saw a lot of irony in Mrs. Hale. Mrs. Hale described Mrs. Peters vividly, even though she did not know her very well.

"She remembered about her that she didn't seem like a sheriff's wife. She was small and thin and didn't have a strong voice" (Glaspell, 407). 

      While at first, this does not make a person think twice. However, as I continued reading, I kept going back to what Mrs. Hale said. While the women were waiting on the men to get to the bottom of things, the women did it themselves. The men even made fun of them for getting into the quilts. However, their typical "girly" interest in the quilts found the dead bird, a huge clue in why she did it. Even though Mrs. Peters doesn't seem like a sheriff, she got more accomplished than her macho husband.