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Symbolism of Characters in “The Lottery”
In the story, “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson uses symbolism as a way to describe the characters in the story. Jackson’s essay portrays a village with “average”
people engaging in a morally wrong act, by selecting a victim through what they call a public lottery every year. ... What relationship is there between his interests as the towns wealthiest businessman and his administrating the lottery? Such a relationship doses exist and is noticed when, Bill Hutchinson forces his wife Tessie to open her lottery slip to the crowd, Jackson writes, “It had a black spot on it, the black spot Mr. ... At that moment when the lottery victim is revealed, Jackson tries to symbolize by using a subordinate clause, by stating that the blackness (evil) of Mr.
Approximate Word count = 634 Approximate Pages = 2.5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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