s;s uprising against the males. This approach allows Glaspell to depict the women as superior to the men. For instance, Mrs. Hale verifies to Mr. Henderson, "Men's hands aren't always clean as they might be" (1175). This quote by Mrs. Hale is implied to indicate that men are thoughtless because it was their lack of consideration that drove Mrs. Wright to murder. Even so, Mr. Henderson does not catch this usage of irony and thinks that Mrs. Hale is simply standing up for her gender. Furthermore, Glaspell also illustrates women's ascendancy above men when Mrs. Hale
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