"It is the fate of a woman, long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless, till some questioning voice dissolves the spell of its silence." (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). Longfellow's quote is a wonderful interpretation Susan Glaspell's short story, "A Jury of Her Peers". The story was written long before the modern women's movement began, and illustrates the role that women are expected to play in society. Therefore, it demonstrates how this highly stereotypical role can create tyranny for women and also bring harm to men through its use of symbolism.
Character names are very important in "A Jury of her Peers." …
