and his greatest creation the Well of Moses. A artist at the Court of Burgundy‚ Claus Sluter was determined to become one of the greatest sculptor of his time. In 1389‚ the Northern Late Gothic artist was put in charge of the Chartreuse de Champole by‚ Philip the Bold‚ in charge of the sculptural program. Here’s where Claus achieved the Well of Moses. The Well of Moses was designed over a well‚ were Carthusians Monastery worshiped. The well served as a water source for
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Jackson‚ "The Lottery" – Discussion and Analysis Questions Answer the following questions in complete sentences on your own paper. Provide quotations (with page/line numbers) from the story to support your answers. 1. Why has Jackson chosen common people for her characters? Could she have chosen characters from other levels of sophistication with the same effect? What is the irony of the tone of this story? 2. What seems to have been the original purpose of the lottery? What do people
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The Lottery In The Lottery by Shirley Jackson‚ the townspeople are partaking in an annual event that has been tradition in their community for a long time. This event is part of a blind tradition. The elements of this lottery which makes it a blind tradition is that it is held like any normal community event; the community is completely blind to the inhumanity of an annual ritual which involves human sacrifices‚ and the members question the lottery and its use‚ but still follow through with the
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This is a story about The Lottery‚ it was written by Shirley Jackson‚ and was published in 1948. To begin with‚ the setting of the story was in a lowly populated village of 300 people‚ with green grass‚ flowers and lots of farm land. The day it happened was June 27. Next‚ the process with “winning” the lottery is getting the whole village together to draw out of a black box. The head of the household draws. After they draw out a paper out of the black box‚ they have to hold the paper in their hands
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I would like to express my special gratitude to my teacher Mrs. Uma Maheswari as well as our Principal who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the given topic. This also helped me in doing a lot of research and I came to know about so many new things. I am really thankful to them. Secondly‚ I would like to thank my parents who helped me a lot in finishing this project within the limited time. I am making this project not only for marks but also to increase my academic
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Literary Response: The Lottery The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ is a compelling story about the human race and how it is affected by its surrounding traditions. When the 27th of June arrives‚ a village is overtaken by a two hour lottery‚ which includes the picking of stones‚ a black box and ends in a fight for the “winners” life. One of the prominent themes in this story is human hypocrisy. Although most of the characters are shown through their words and actions‚ one particular person stands out:
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“How have I been so blind and participated in the Lottery all those years?” I said to myself. “Now I know how it felt to be the family who got chosen to do the Lottery and sacrifice one of their family members for this tradition that no longer has a purpose.” Suddenly‚ this anger‚ frustration built up inside me made me yell‚ “You didn’t give him enough time to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair‚” to Mr. Summers. Mrs. Delacroix replied‚ “Be a good sport‚ Tessie.”
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serious duty to their families‚ hunting illegally and putting their names tens of times into the Hunger Games raffle. I felt that the raffle was ridiculously barbaric‚ and reminded me of a short story that we read in English last year‚ called “the Lottery”. Anyway‚ reading the part when Katniss
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“A Rose for Emily” and “The Lottery” In “A Rose for Emily” narrator was an observer. He was part of the villagers but not the main character. He is not able to get into the mind of the character so his encounters are usually unreliable and not trusted. He can only tell us his view of things not what the character is thinking. The narrator prepared us for the ending of this story here by the use of some symbolic items. Some examples are: the broken down old and decayed house‚ which can mean some
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Be Well Prepared For Your Future Life Thinking makes human beings different than others in our planet. Humans need to do thousands of decisions in their normal life‚ and of course some of these are right and some of these are wrong. People may think carefully before doing something to avoid some mistakes‚ or reflect after an action to make progresses next time. However‚ when is the best time for thinking‚ before or after? How should we be prepared for our unknown future life? In the article On Thinking
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