Two People does not make a jury...

A Jury of Her Peers
Susan Glaspell

The characterization of Mrs Wright is complex for she is viewed as two people: Mrs Wright and Minnie Foster. According to the investigators, the woman is Mrs Wright. However, when the "professionals" are no longer present, Mrs Hale and Mrs Peters refer to the woman as Minnie Foster, the woman they knew as her friend. As the story progresses, the women became increasingly regretful that they didn't visit more, because they found clues that revealed the truth about Minnie's life. The attorney assumed the gals wouldn't find anything, saying "but would the women know a clue if they did come upon it?" (Glaspell 412). However, they continually discovered that Mrs Wright lived a lonely life, and was talked down to by her husband. They then began to notice things being half-done, implying that Minnie had to leave her work in a hurry. They then discovered a strangle bird, and slowly pieced together the reason for Mr Wright's death. He crushed the bird during an argument with Minnie, and she strangled him in retaliation. The women only learned this from being in the kitchen and, supposedly, out of the way of the crime scene. While the men were stubbornly looking at the little evidence, the women discovered the motive, and hid it from the police to protect their now friend.