Reading this story for the second time helps to see the things you didn't catch before.
I find it so interesting that the men underminded the women, yet the women were the ones to figure out the crime. I don't blame them for covering it up. This poor woman had lived a horrible life, she didn't need to suffer more. I think I would have done the same considering the situation and the time period. I kind of wonder if the story would have continued if she would have just stayed in jail, since she was the only suspect. And her story seemed a little shady.
One thing that made me kind of curious was what would ever happen if Mrs Peters and Mrs Hale were ever found out. Today if sometriend to help a friend by covering up evidense to a murder they can get in serious trouble.
So, Dr. Jerz, I don't know if that would be an interesting or a good example of a close reading in the future. I'm not even sure if you could find information on that, compairing investigation back then and now.
Posted by SueMyers at January 30, 2005 7:26 PM