Category: Entry 10

gal·lant·ry  (noun)

Susan Glaspell, “A Jury of Her Peers”

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The new word in my glossary Gallantry means courageous behavior, especially in battle.  In the story the word was being used when it says “And yet,” said he, with the gallantry of a young politician. “for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?” My definition of that word was that it had to do relative to political.  But instead it has to do with courageous behavior as battling with something.

According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of “scornfully” is, ” Felling or showing disgust and anger” Scornfully is an adverb. This word was used in the article, “Sweat”  for Sykes the way he was showing his anger. Sykes always use harsh words and shows anger towards her wife Delia. He always talks to her in a rude way. In this scene, Sykes was talking to her when she came from church.

According to Merriam Webster, galvanized means to coat (iron or steel) with zinc . This word could be found in the story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston. For example, ” She went out into the yard and returned with a galavanized tub and set it on the washbench.” When i first came across this word, i knew it was describing how the bucket looked in shape color or size. When I then looked up the word and knew it was a steel or iron tub , I remembered thats what the women used to wash clothes with in the past. Also with her being an African American women being inferior to the white race, she had to wash their clothes for them by hand.

After reading “Sweat” by Zora Neale I notice and weird word that was use to represent an action and that word was “scornfully” in the senates “he shouted scornfully”, I was really confused since I didn’t hear that word before in my life or maybe I didn’t remember that well. I did research and found out that word According to Merriam Webster means “full of scorn” in further detail it means “the feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable” which was confusing at first but I later got the concept. I feel really happy to know what it means and can go to sleep AT NIGHT.

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, acquiescence is identified as a noun. It means “to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively.” In the short story, “A the jury of her peers”, it states, ‘Of course it’s no more than their duty,’ said the sheriff’s wife, in her manner of timid acquiescence.” The word acquiescence describes what kind of person Mrs. Peters is. It shows that she is use to letting her husband order her around and doing whatever he tells her to do. She would rather agree than to cause a problem if she disagreed.

Gallantry (noun): brave and noble; polite to women.

Source: Webster’s New World 4th Edition (pocket dictionary).

Susan Glaspell says the following “‘And yet,’ said he, with the gallantry of a young politician.” But before this, she mentions that the county’s attorney seemed to have remembered his manners. This helps to understand the meaning of gallantry even better. “Remembering his manners” implies that gallantry has to do with being polite. Honestly, I feel like it was used sarcastically because of how the men were treating the housewives.

Diana Galvez

Acquiescence: to submit or comply silently or without protest; agree;contest(verb)

 

While reading ” A Jury of her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, I came across the word acquiescence, which looked very unfamiliar to me so I decided to look further into what this word could’ve meant. When I saw this word, it reminded me of the word acquaintance, but I figured these two had no connection towards each other. The sentenced which included this word stated “in her manner of timid acquiescence”, I guessed that the author meant that the sheriff’s wife was timid and had to agree with everything her husband says. According to dictionary.com, I was somewhat close, acquiescence has to deal with a person doing something out of there will, which is the sheriff’s wife situation. Acquiescence can now be used in my essays if I were describing a person having no say in anything.

Nayideh Rene

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word “Retorted” means to pay or hurl back. Otherwise, it can mean to return an argument or charge. The word was found in a writing piece called “Sweats” by Zora Neale Hurtston, it’s included in the sentence “A god, an’ be dough. You all gimme twenty cents and a slice way, Clarke retorted.” I feel like the second definition as mentioned earlier makes for sense for this context so by using that definition, I can interpret that the context means that he argued his point since he did sound assertive in the sentence.

Stumbling(Verb)

According to the dictionary Marriam-Webster the word stumblimg mean”To fall into sin or waywardness.”

Based on the last lecture, ”Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston we read, ” she nearly fell upon the box in her stumbling.”

After I understand the word stumbling which mean fall down because of something, I understand more the quote above, that’s mean  she was get fall down by the nearly box. Continue reading “Stumbling” →

muf•fled (adjective)

The definition of muffled is a sound that is not loud because of being obstructed in some way, muted according to the dictionary. This word is seen in the story, “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell when it states, “ Mrs. Peter had turned away. When she spoke, her voice was muffled.” Now knowing the definition of this word I know now that the author was stating that once Mrs. Peter was going to speak she was muted and couldn’t speak.