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Which two themes are found in Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers"?

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Answer: Gender role and loneliness

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Gender roles

The world in "A Jury of Her Peers" is totally dominated by men. Women were restricted in their own abilities and expected to exist in the shadows of their husbands. The responsibilities of caring for a house, and a kitchen in particular were for women and their opinion did not count in matters.

At the latter end of the story, the women were later united by Minnie's predicament and stood up against the shared oppression they had all faced.

Loneliness

Minnie Wright was an extremely vibrant woman before her marriage to John Wright, and then she started living a solitaire life. Her friends do not visit her, neither is she allowed to use the telephone. She is also without children. She finally loses all hope left, when her husband brutally kills the bird that provide her comfort.

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