Justice

     A strong theme in "A Jury of Her Peers" is justice. Although the law requires punishment to the murderer, the story makes you wonder whether or not Minnie should be punished for her actions. The women in the story feel that what she did was a matter of self-defense and therefore, try to protect her. The men on the other hand see the situation from a different point of view. They see a murder case that needs to be solved, and a murderer that needs to be punished. So in Minnie's case, what really is just? Judging by the way the story ended, the author appears to feel that maybe she wasn't wrong. As far as what I think, I find the answer hard to come to. I don't think that anyone should be wrongly punished. But, no matter how you look at it, murder is still murder.