she says something that reveals her true sympathy for Mrs. Wright and all the other women lost under male oppression in that era, I might have known she needed help! I know how things can be for women We live close together and we live far apart. We all go through the same things its all just a different kind of the same thing.(1178) This is the theme Glaspell tries to get across by writing this play.Both Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale participate in the final damning act of saving Mrs. Wright. The ladies are reminded of their actions when the County Attorney says a sheriffs wife is married to the law, meaning that a sheriffs wife would never act against her husbands interests. Yet they still both are part of grabbing the box with the dead bird and hiding it from the men to save Mrs. Wright. The unity the ladies have found with each other and Mrs. Wright is stated by Mrs. Hale in the final line of the play. We call it knot it, Mr. Henderson.(1179) This has a double meaning, one that the ladies were united by their common bond of living in a male controlled world, where men think women are only good for such activities as quilting and housework. Second, that the women are united by their common bond of fighting for each other. Her reference to knotting the quilt can also be construed as a reference to knotting Mr. Wrights neck. This final retaliatory remark shows the determination of women in that era to fight for equal rights and sisterhood, no matter what the moral cost....
