From the Play to the Story: Writers and Readers of A Jury of Her Peers

The purpose of this article is to study Susan Glaspell’s story A Jury Her Peers from the perspective reader-response criticism which emphasizes significance readers as active participants in reading and evaluating a text. In criticism, reader endowed with responsibility generating message or meaning offers meta-text murder mystery waiting be solved by its readers. absent voice Minnie Wright suspected being murderer his husband while she leaves behind series clues have read hidden texts their messages, leading motives case. As text both male female characters/readers relation gender roles, feminist adds further connotation Since characters evaluate situation prejudices shaped priority patriarchal perspective, they cannot messages. Yet, even find read. However, identifying themselves are capable finding all messages Minnie. And solve crime. Hence, not only celebrate common membership sisterhood but also experience transformation towards autonomous selves.