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This 3 page paper discusses how the times in which they lived influenced the gender perceptions in the short stories “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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contrasts Steinbecks "The Chrysanthemums" with Glaspells "A Jury of Her Peers," and discusses how the times in which they lived shaped the writers works. Discussion Both stories are very subtle
in their exploration of a womans feelings. Briefly, Steinbeck considers the thinking of a woman who is strongly attracted to a total stranger; Glaspell shows readers how men miss the
little things that lead women to the correct solution of a crime. In Steinbecks story, Elisa Allen and her husband Henry have what appears to be a solid marriage, but
Elisa is becoming bored. When a nameless itinerant handyman comes along, she is immediately drawn to him (Steinbeck). Although there is a moment when he seems to reciprocate her feelings,
in truth hes a loner and a woman wouldnt be welcome in his life (Steinbeck). Later that night, when Henry takes her to dinner, he tells Elisa that she looks
"strong," and she says "I never knew before how strong" (Steinbeck). She has resisted the temptation to escape from her stifling life and go off to what might have been
a great adventure with a new man. Susan Glaspells story tells of Minnie Wright, who murdered her husband John. The county attorney, Mr. Henderson; Sheriff Peters and his wife
and Mr. Hale and his wife Martha. The five of them go to the Wright place the morning after the murder. There seems to be no question that she did
it-her excuse is that he was strangled while she slept: "I sleep sound" (Glaspell). But because no one else was present, theres no way to disprove her claim that someone
must have come in and killed him (Glaspell). The story turns on the fact that the three men go blundering around the house, completely dismissing the women, whom they leave
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