A Chatacter Anaylisis of a Jury of Her Peers

Brittney Pittman

Professor Spence

English 1123

18 February 2014

Essay #1 first draft

An Analysis of "A Jury of Her Peers"

Mrs. Hale is the wife of Lewis Hale who is being questioned about what he had saw at the Wrights' place the morning before because of the murder of Mr. John Wright. Mrs. Hale went along the trip to the Wrights' house to accompany Mrs. Peters, the sheriffs' wife until she came across the evidence to convict Minnie Foster (Mrs. Wright) for the murder of John Wright. Mrs. Hale hated for anything to be left half done, she has sympathy for Minnie Foster, and she feels guilty because she has not visited Minnie. What Mrs. Hale discovers and how she feels about Mrs. Wright made her make the decision to hide the evidence.

At the beginning of the story is where you will learn the Martha hates for things to be left unfinished. When she was asked to accompany Mrs. Peters she had to leave her flour for the bead left unfinished. She had half the flour sifted and the other half unsifted. Mrs. Hale was quick to notice if things had been left half done. While at the Wrights' place Martha started to look around the kitchen while the men were upstairs looking for evidence when she had noticed the bucket of sugar on a lower shelf. The top to the wooden bucket was left lying beside it along with a half full bag. Mrs. Hale asked herself, "What had interrupted Minnie Foster?" "Why had the job been left unfinished?"

When Mr. Hale had to start explaining to the Attorney what he had saw the morning before Martha Hale feels sympathy for Minnie. She was concerned that Mr. Hale would say unnecessary things that will just make things harder for Minnie. She disapproves when Lewis Hale says that, "He did not know what Mrs. Wright wanted made much difference to Mr. Wright," because this hint as a motive for the murder. As the investigation proceeds Mrs. Hale starts to express her guilt feelings to Mrs. Peters about Minnie Foster. She feels guilty for not going to visit with Minnie Foster after she got married and became Mrs. Wright twenty years ago.

Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter discover clues throughout the house that can convict Minnie Foster for the murder of John Wright.