d her beliefs. If Martha would not have asserted peer pressure, the outcome of this story would have been different.Throughout this story, there is no dialog with the central character of the story. We know that Martha Hale is a strong-willed woman. She is quick to defend her gender, and unfinished things always bother her. Mrs. Peters is petite, quiet and easily persuaded. Mrs. Wright possessed some amazing qualities herself. She had tolerance with dealing with an abusive husband. She was submissive, obedient, and honored her husband. The bible says, Wives submit to your own Harris 3husbands, as to the Lord Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her (Ephesians 5:22,25). Mrs. Wright obeyed the Lord. The same cannot be said about John Wright. He did not honor his wife. The only fault of Mrs. Wright is killing her husband; but I believe she knows the Lord and will be forgiven of her sin.Works CitedRoberts, Edgar V. Jacobs, Henry E. Literature. A Jury of Her Peers. Susan GlaspellNew Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1998. 166-180.MacArthur, John. The MacArthur Study Bible.Nashville: Word Publishing, 1997.Morehead, Albert and Loy. The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary.New York: Penguin Putnam Inc., 1995. ...
