Literary Analysis of "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell

"A Jury of Her Peers" was originally written by Susan Glaspell as a play entitled Trifles. She wrote the play in 1916, and a year later she rewrote it as a short story. Glaspell was inspired to write the story while covering a murder investigation when she worked as a journalist for the Des Moines Daily News (qtd. in Annenberg). The theme of the story, the way men view the stereotypical role of women and the …

…men and women will always be different, and we will always look at each other and wonder what the other really thinks. Women are full of mysteries that even today, men "just don't get", and women will always keep them hidden in a place where men will never think to look. Works Cited: Annenberg/CPB Exhibits, About the Author - Susan Glaspell, <http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/notread/author.html>