Home > A Jury of Her Peers Summary & Study Guide > A Jury of Her Peers Group > Question and Answer

Question:

Answers:

1. 
   troutmiller Teacher
   High School - 12th Grade

   eNotes Editor

   The young Minnie is a lively girl who loved singing in the church choir.  Mrs. Hale spoke of how well she dressed and of how pretty her voice was when she sang.  Her voice was easily picked out of the choir. Her happiness in youth is in great contrast to the lifestyle she had to mold into after marrying John Wright.  The descriptions from both the men and women in this story describe John as a cold, selfish and unsocial man who ended up dragging his wife into his own lifestlyle.  This smothering among other events is what eventually caused her to snap.  But in doing so, perhaps Minnie will be able to revert back to her old yet fun ways.

   Sources:

   http://www.enotes.com/jury-her/characters

   Rate answer:

   • Flag as inappropriate

   Posted by troutmiller on Monday February 16, 2009 at 5:09 PM