The excerpt supports the idea that the newspaper stories Glaspell wrote about Margaret Hossack were

The excerpt supports the idea that the newspaper stories Glaspell wrote about Margaret Hossack were inconsistent and opinion-based.

We can see in the excerpt that Glaspell couldn't make up her mind about what she wanted to write about Hossack - thus she used many paradoxical descriptions such as a maternal woman full of love for her family and those that said she was emotionless.