Symbols In The Possibility Of Evil By Shirley Jackson

In the short story, “the Possibility Of Evil” , Shirley Jackson uses several symbols to tell her storey about Miss. Strangeworth. One symbol she uses is Miss. Strangeworth’s roses. In the second paragraph of the short story, the author describes how Miss.Strangeworth’s admires her flowers. To her, they aren’t just “anything.” To her, the roses are like her children. Another symbol she uses is her letters whom were locked. Taking into consideration that she did not only write rude letters and mail them anonymously, she also had them locked with a key only she had. Just by her even writing these rude things could show us all the wrong ideas everyone had of her just being some nice old lady. When the author mentions the letters and locked drawer,