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Everyone is based upon his or her own physical characteristics and traits. These two elements make up a person and how their peers view them. In "A Jury of Her Peers", Susan Glaspell specifically chooses certain character traits for each character in order to make the reading interesting and have a certain twist to it at the same time. The character traits are brought out by comments and actions of others. The author also picks certain ways to bring up these qualities. The women in the story, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, are paid special attention to because of their traits. Mrs. Peter's is quiet, timid, and listens to everything her husband says. While Mrs. Hale on the other hand, is just the opposite. By being sassy to the men and even telling them where there is work to be done, it is evident that Mrs. Hale is observative, protective, and is quite independent. .
Mrs. Hale is a very keen woman. The author brings this trait out by showing us how observative she is around Minnie Foster's house. Mrs. Hale notices whether it is dirty, old, run-down, and she compares it to the Minnie Foster she use to know. She also pays close attention to all the articles Minnie Foster kept and has in her house. " It came into Mrs. Hale's mind that that rocker didn't look in the least like Minnie Foster-the Minnie Foster of twenty years before. It was dingy red, with wooden rungs up the back, and the middle rung was gone, and the chair sagged to one side."(205). It is very interesting how Mrs. Hale compares the chair to twenty years ago. She must have paid close attention to the way Minnie Foster was then as well. It seems as though maybe she was a little envious of Minnie in her earlier days. The two women then look at Minnie's clothes. "She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively-when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls, singing in the choir. But that- oh, that was twenty years ago," Mrs.
