A Jury Of Her Peers Feminist Analysis
In Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” the main character suffers from oppression just like the narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper.” In both stories, the characters seem to love the men that controlled their lives, but in they suffer from mental illness due to the restrictions that are placed on them by their lovers and society. These two stories also focus on a feminist perspective. In “A Jury of Her Peers,” Minnie claimed that she didn’t know who killed her husband but she was arrested. Minnie’s husband abused her. Several symbols in the story led the women to believe that Minnie killed her husband. In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” the narrator suffers from depression. The narrator had an idea on how she can recover from her condition but, her husband
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Both characters were repressed by their husbands. John is a caring and loving man, but he tries to take control of her life. Instead of listening to what his wife has to say, John uses his own theory to try and cure her. He puts her on rest cure to recover from giving birth. John believed that this would help his wife, but it only made her condition worst. As a result of her husband leaving her trapped in a room, she becomes insane. John treats her as if she is a child, only allowing her out of the room at specific times. He also refers to her as a little girl. Eventually after being trapped in the room for so long, and staring at the wallpaper, she imagines a female figure behind the wallpaper struggling to get out. The narrator says, “There comes John, and I must put this away, --he hates to have me write a word” (3). John never allowed her to express her feelings and he never listened to her. At the end, she develops the courage to stand up against her husband by locking him out the room. She states, “I’ve got out at last; in spite of you and Jane. And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back” (15). This shows her insanity because she believed that she was the one behind the wallpaper.
Both women in “A Jury of Her Peers” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” were oppressed and isolated by their husbands and society. The men in their life isolated them from society, which led them to a point of madness. In “A Jury of Her Peers” Minnie is seen as a happy, beautiful young woman, but after being married for so long, she has become loner. The narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper” is cut off from society and is not allowed to express herself. The reason for both women’s condition is because of the state that their husbands put them in. As a result, they both
Both characters were repressed by their husbands. John is a caring and loving man, but he tries to take control of her life. Instead of listening to what his wife has to say, John uses his own theory to try and cure her. He puts her on rest cure to recover from giving birth. John believed that this would help his wife, but it only made her condition worst. As a result of her husband leaving her trapped in a room, she becomes insane. John treats her as if she is a child, only allowing her out of the room at specific times. He also refers to her as a little girl. Eventually after being trapped in the room for so long, and staring at the wallpaper, she imagines a female figure behind the wallpaper struggling to get out. The narrator says, “There comes John, and I must put this away, --he hates to have me write a word” (3). John never allowed her to express her feelings and he never listened to her. At the end, she develops the courage to stand up against her husband by locking him out the room. She states, “I’ve got out at last; in spite of you and Jane. And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back” (15). This shows her insanity because she believed that she was the one behind the wallpaper.
Both women in “A Jury of Her Peers” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” were oppressed and isolated by their husbands and society. The men in their life isolated them from society, which led them to a point of madness. In “A Jury of Her Peers” Minnie is seen as a happy, beautiful young woman, but after being married for so long, she has become loner. The narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper” is cut off from society and is not allowed to express herself. The reason for both women’s condition is because of the state that their husbands put them in. As a result, they both