The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson
"The Possibility of Evil", by Shirley Jackson, is a twisted story. It starts off with Ms.Strangeworth, the main character, having pride in her family and roses. She goes to the grocery store and has friendly conversations with the town's people, but goes back home to write anonymous, cruel letters to the same people she talked to. She later on gets caught and everyone knows all the letters were from her. By writing the letters, she thought she was stopping the evil in her town, but, the ironic part is, she's was the one causing it. The irony and theme impact the plot of this story, "The Possibility of Evil".
Jackson uses irony to convey to the reader Miss Strangeworth's true nature. "Nonsense. All babies are different. Some of them develop much more quickly than others" (line 97). This is an example of verbal irony because Miss Strangeworth doesn't mean it at all, and this is proven in lines 66-68 when she says "DIDN'T YOU EVER SEE AN IDIOTCHILD BEFORE? SOME PEOPLE JUST SHOULDN'T HAVE CHILDREN, SHOULD THEY?" "The Possibility of Evil", by Shirley Jackson, is a twisted story. It starts off with Ms.Strangeworth, the main character, having pride in her family and roses. She goes to the grocery store and has friendly conversations with the town's people, but goes back home to write anonymous, cruel letters to the same people she talked to. She later on gets caught and everyone knows all the letters were from her. By writing the letters, she thought she was stopping the evil in her town, but, the ironic part is, she's was the one causing it. The irony and theme impact the plot of this story, "The Possibility of Evil".
Jackson uses irony to convey to the reader Miss Strangeworth's true nature. "Nonsense. All babies are different. Some of them develop much more quickly than others" (line 97). This is an example of verbal irony because Miss Strangeworth doesn't mean it at all, and this is proven in lines 66-68 when she says "DIDN'T YOU EVER SEE AN IDIOTCHILD
Jackson uses irony to convey to the reader Miss Strangeworth's true nature. "Nonsense. All babies are different. Some of them develop much more quickly than others" (line 97). This is an example of verbal irony because Miss Strangeworth doesn't mean it at all, and this is proven in lines 66-68 when she says "DIDN'T YOU EVER SEE AN IDIOTCHILD BEFORE? SOME PEOPLE JUST SHOULDN'T HAVE CHILDREN, SHOULD THEY?" "The Possibility of Evil", by Shirley Jackson, is a twisted story. It starts off with Ms.Strangeworth, the main character, having pride in her family and roses. She goes to the grocery store and has friendly conversations with the town's people, but goes back home to write anonymous, cruel letters to the same people she talked to. She later on gets caught and everyone knows all the letters were from her. By writing the letters, she thought she was stopping the evil in her town, but, the ironic part is, she's was the one causing it. The irony and theme impact the plot of this story, "The Possibility of Evil".
Jackson uses irony to convey to the reader Miss Strangeworth's true nature. "Nonsense. All babies are different. Some of them develop much more quickly than others" (line 97). This is an example of verbal irony because Miss Strangeworth doesn't mean it at all, and this is proven in lines 66-68 when she says "DIDN'T YOU EVER SEE AN IDIOTCHILD