Shirley Jackson Evil
Hi everyone, i’m John Green and today we’ll be discussing the story of “ The possibility of evil” by Shirley Jackson.
In our lives we are bound to encounter unpleasant people… people who cheat, people who lie, and people who deceive. However, have you ever wondered about what they are motivated by?
We even do things that we genuinely believe is right or the “moral” course of actions… But our thoughts can blind us… We become by so obsessed with constructing a “utopia” a “perfect” world that we lose sight of our values; ultimately, we take arms against ourselves and what we sought to achieve. Evil is everywhere. Evil is obstinate and resilient.
Three major themes, consider these overarching ideas that span throughout the video. …show more content…
They call out for her but does not hear. They decide it must be an important letter and they go to deliver the letter to Don Crane.
In the morning she goes to look at her mail and notices one of her envelopes. She opens it and reads
“Look out at what used to be your roses”
Me From the Past:
Isn’t Ms. Strangeworth just like a 1950s version of Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl?
Response:
Well, she does like spreading rumors and does have a scheming side to her.But, I would say that she is more like senator Joe McCarthy who claimed that communists were invading the US government. Basically, he got a lot of people fired because he made a bunch of false claims. Yet, he was popular at the time. Looking back, today, not so much. Ms. Strangeworth does make statement with her letters based 99.99999% on false assumptions and maybe… just. Maybe like 0.0000001% on her imaginative observations.
Section :
Poetic Devices
Now, we will be moving onto identifying the poetic devices in the story.
Shirley Jackson irony in various cases.
She plays with the names of characters and streets to emphasize the ironic nature of Ms. Strangeworth …show more content…
She perceives herself to be the keeper of the town and cherishes her roses in her front yard.
Ms. Strangeworth takes joy and pride in talking about the little town to tourists. “Ms. Strangeworth told the tourists, with a pretty dimple showing by her lip, and she sometimes found herself thinking the town belonged to her” (163).
She is a round character with two identities. She maintains a public facade - as a polite and kind lady- to conceal the unexpected truth about her malicious personality.
“Walking down Main Street on a summer morning, Miss Strangeworth had to stop every minute or so to say good morning to someone or to ask after someone’s health “ (165).
“The town was proud of Miss Strangeworth and her roses and her house. They had all grown together”(168).
Behind the pleasant public persona she assumes in the beginning, she eavesdrops on people’s private lives and exploits their misfortunes through her letters.
“Miss Strangeworth never concerned herself with facts; her letters all dealt with the more negotiable stuff of
In our lives we are bound to encounter unpleasant people… people who cheat, people who lie, and people who deceive. However, have you ever wondered about what they are motivated by?
We even do things that we genuinely believe is right or the “moral” course of actions… But our thoughts can blind us… We become by so obsessed with constructing a “utopia” a “perfect” world that we lose sight of our values; ultimately, we take arms against ourselves and what we sought to achieve. Evil is everywhere. Evil is obstinate and resilient.
Three major themes, consider these overarching ideas that span throughout the video. …show more content…
They call out for her but does not hear. They decide it must be an important letter and they go to deliver the letter to Don Crane.
In the morning she goes to look at her mail and notices one of her envelopes. She opens it and reads
“Look out at what used to be your roses”
Me From the Past:
Isn’t Ms. Strangeworth just like a 1950s version of Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl?
Response:
Well, she does like spreading rumors and does have a scheming side to her.But, I would say that she is more like senator Joe McCarthy who claimed that communists were invading the US government. Basically, he got a lot of people fired because he made a bunch of false claims. Yet, he was popular at the time. Looking back, today, not so much. Ms. Strangeworth does make statement with her letters based 99.99999% on false assumptions and maybe… just. Maybe like 0.0000001% on her imaginative observations.
Section :
Poetic Devices
Now, we will be moving onto identifying the poetic devices in the story.
Shirley Jackson irony in various cases.
She plays with the names of characters and streets to emphasize the ironic nature of Ms. Strangeworth …show more content…
She perceives herself to be the keeper of the town and cherishes her roses in her front yard.
Ms. Strangeworth takes joy and pride in talking about the little town to tourists. “Ms. Strangeworth told the tourists, with a pretty dimple showing by her lip, and she sometimes found herself thinking the town belonged to her” (163).
She is a round character with two identities. She maintains a public facade - as a polite and kind lady- to conceal the unexpected truth about her malicious personality.
“Walking down Main Street on a summer morning, Miss Strangeworth had to stop every minute or so to say good morning to someone or to ask after someone’s health “ (165).
“The town was proud of Miss Strangeworth and her roses and her house. They had all grown together”(168).
Behind the pleasant public persona she assumes in the beginning, she eavesdrops on people’s private lives and exploits their misfortunes through her letters.
“Miss Strangeworth never concerned herself with facts; her letters all dealt with the more negotiable stuff of