Both of these two characters accepted their lives simply because that was what was expected of them. They both take place in a time in history where it was basically expected of a young woman to get married and bear and raise children, whether that was what she wanted to do with her life or not, and regardless of her own aspirations, dreams, or any other facet of her previous life. “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 thirty years ago” is a statement that Mrs. Peters makes about Mrs. Wright (Glaspell 20). This leads the reader to

YOUNG WOMAN: I put him out of the way-yes.

JUDGE: If you just wanted to be free-why didn’t you divorce him?

MRS. PETERS: Not to know him; I’ve seen him in town. They say he was a good man.

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