characteristics of these two characters becomes clearly accessible and can be analyzed.
In this subchapter, the characteristic of each character represents the characteristic of their gender since their attitudes are only accepted by the other
characters with the same gender. For example, when Mr. Henderson is being intolerant toward female characters, the other male characters agree with his attitude
of being intolerant toward women. The other example is when Mrs. Hale is being sympathetic by showing her sympathy towards Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Peters as the other
female character agree with her attitude and showing the same feeling towards Mrs. Wright. So, we can say that the characteristic of a character in this play represents the
characteristic of their gender too.
1. Intolerant Male vs. Tolerant Female
Susan Glaspell characterizes the male characters in this play as intolerant persons. This characteristic is represented by Mr. Henderson. He does not tolerate the
female characters in many ways. He does not include them to the investigation and not even accept their opinions. Otherwise, the female characters have the opposite
characteristic, which is tolerant. This characteristic is represented by Mrs. Peters. She is very tolerant towards male characters’ thoughts and attitudes to show her respect.
As the part of elements in binary opposition, Mrs. Peters’ characteristic as tolerant person and Mr. Henderson’s characteristic as intolerant person depend on one
another. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
2. Apathetic Male vs. Sympathetic Female
The male character in this play is also characterized as an apathetic person that is not concerned towards others around, this characteristic is represented by Mr.
Wright. Mr. Wright’s thoughts that folks talked too much and his attitude that he does
not like to socialize with others show his zero interest towards his social life. Again, here, Susan Glaspell also attributes the female characters with the opposite of
apathetic. Mrs. Hale as one of the female character is characterized as a sympathetic person. She is a person who can show her sympathy, in this case, towards Mrs.
Wright. She regrets that she did not come to see Mrs. Wright more often just to cheer her up.
In this case also, Mr. Wright’s apathetic and Mrs. Hale’s sympathetic depend on one another. Their characteristics give influence on the finding of their meaning as
apathetic and sympathetic.
3. Careless Male vs. Incisive Female
Susan Glaspell presents the male character as a careless person that missed important information that can leads them to the important clue of the murder case.
This characteristic is represented by Mr. Henderson. He does not want to discuss the topic chosen by the female characters because he assumed that the topic is not
important for the investigation. The existence of Mr. Henderson’s careless characteristic
in this play is also completed by the presence of the female’s characteristics incisive. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters in this play are presented as
incisive person that makes them pay attention to the details of everything in the house. Their incisive characteristic leads them to an accurate ‘informal’ investigation
