Actions of Judge Women - Coursework Example

It is as if they withheld the evidence to protect Mrs. Wright, a member of the same gender as theirs – who they could perceive as a victim of circumstances from the male gender, in general. As noted in the play, “I might have known she needed help! I know how things can be—for women” (Glaspell, 1916, p. 1).

Further, the woman could have justified the action of Mrs. Wright that murdering her husband must have been a product of years of solitary confinement and loneliness and that her life could end up just like the canary that was unmercifully killed by her husband. Mrs. Hale was revealed to have said: “If there'd been years and years of nothing, then a bird to sing to you, it would be awful—still after the bird was still” (Glaspell, 1916, p. 1). To them, Mr. Wright got what he deserved for killing what Mrs. Wright was before they were married: her jovial nature and her love for singing. Mrs. Hale affirmed this when she said: “Wright wouldn't like the bird—a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that, too” (Glaspell, 1916, p. 1).

Collecting the selected things for Mrs. Wright proves that they sympathize and empathize with her condition. One should report them for withholding evidence because even if Mrs. Wright was a victim, herself, in this situation, the killing of her husband is not justified for the solitary confinement and loneliness felt by their marital union. They should have reported all the evidence to the investigation team and left the matter to the judicial process to determine the legal consequences of Mrs. Wright’s actions.