Poem and Story Analysis - Essay Example

Analysis Analysis of ‘Rape by Adrienne Rich and ‘A Jury of her peers’ by Susan Glaspell Adrienne Rich and Susan Glaspell have been known to be one of the most famous feminist writers of the present world. In all of their writings, they have been presenting the male members of this society as unjustifiably dominant and authoritative and the female members as more of the victims of male dictatorship. In the poem Rape’ by Adrienne Rich, she has been shown to be complaining rather bluntly about the male dominance and its authority over the female members of the society.

Presenting the men as ‘cops’ in the poem, she describes how brutal males have been with females. The poem clearly shows the lack of trust for males as they’re presented as the merciless cop who is always willing, in fact ready to destroy anything which comes in its path.Like Adrienne Rich presented Men in her poem, Susan Glaspell presents this half of the society very similarly in her story ‘Jury of Her Peers’. The story basically revolves around a woman and her husband who is a sheriff (just like Adrienne Rich, who presented men as cops in her poem) and is presented as an authoritative and a proud person who gives no value to women in his life.

The sheriff is presented as a person who treats women as a third class member of the society and treats them wrong, both morally and ethically. Just like in the poem described above, women are again presented as a victim of this brutality and are mainly innocent. Both, the story and the poem presented one of the major problems of our society which is women being ill treated by men in many societies and cultures around the world. The writers in both the writings have presented men as cops which showed them in an authoritative position where they were able to do anything and everything, whereas women on the other hand were presented as the ones who have been suffering all the time.

Both the pieces of writings are great indeed as they raised a question on our so called advanced society and pointed out the places where we still need improvement.ReferencesGlaspell, S. (n.d.). A Jury of Her Peers -- Full Text. Learner.org - Teacher Professional Development. Retrieved June 29, 2012, from http://www.learner.org/interactives/literature/story/fulltext.htmlmarinagraphy. (n.d.). www.marinagraphy.com. Retrieved June 29, 2012, from marinagraphy.com/rape-power-adrienne-rich/