Comparison Between 'Hands And A Jury Of Her Peers'

What is fear? Everyone has their definition of the word fear. It could define as something or someone that give us the creeps. Besides that, how could we fear our body or our house? All around us, someone has some rare phobia, from spiders to waters.one of the dominant theme of both stories is that having fears could cause someone to become antisocial and loss themselves. “Hands” is about Wing Biddlebaum who lost everything because of a lie. The other stories “A Jury of Her Peer” is about Mrs. Wright who murder her husband because he takes the life of the only thing that gives her joy. Besides that, Mrs. Wright’s friend hides pieces of evidence that could convict her of the crime of killing her husband. Both characters use their hands to express their feelings, their house represents their lack of love and security, and they both face abuse from others.

Sherwood states,” Wing Biddlebaum talked much with his hands. The slender expressive fingers…became the piston rods of his machinery expression.” (Anderson 1,4). Both characters use their hands to express their feelings. Wing fear his hand because he got in trouble in his past because of it. In “A Jury of Her Peer” Mrs. Wright is nervous when Harry question her about her husband dead, “[P]leatin’ at her apron.” (Glaspell 4). She is using her hand to show that she is nervous. Besides the main characters, Mr. Wright uses his hand to show how angry he could get it. ‘“Somebody wrung its neck,”’ Mr. Wright kill the only company that his wife