Possibility of Evil Response Small towns are very susceptible to questionably informed gossip because everyone knows each other and “everybody’s business” (Sulzberger). In the article In smalltown Us‚ gossip moves to the web‚ and turn vicious a social media Web called Topix starts a “cesspool of character assassination” (Sulzberger). Outings‚ such as grocery shopping‚ brought people to glance at each other in disproval. Similarly in The Posibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson‚ going to the grocery
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"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
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Secret Evil In Shirley Jackson’s “The Possibility of Evil” the theme is obvious in the title. There is always the possibility of evil in any person. Jackson expresses this theme through symbolism‚ foreshadowing‚ and repetition. The roses in the story are a great item for expressing all of the elements. Miss Strangeworth’s garden is referenced to many times throughout the story. The roses are a great symbolism to Miss Strangeworth herself. Just like a rose’s soft‚ pretty petals‚ Miss Strangeworth
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Foremost‚ in the short story “The Possibility of Evil”‚ Miss Adela Strangeworth writes suspicious letters to several peers such as Don Crane about the possible evil lurking in her town‚ believing that “if one of [her people were] in trouble she ought to know about it” (Jackson 7)‚ to which Don Crane replies‚ “LOOK OUT AT WHAT USED TO BE YOUR ROSES”
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In the story of ‘The Possibility of Evil’ by Shirley Jackson the symbols used were the beautiful roses‚ letters‚and using the street name Pleasant Street. By using the love‚ courage‚ and pride this describes us the symbols so the story could have more emotion such as pathos. We need this because it helps us get an idea of how the description is. Not only words that describe emotion can represent symbols. For example Mrs. Strangeworth’s roses are very valuable Like if they were her own child. In the
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Ethics means actions made that lead to the best consequence. The cartoon “Mascots” shows the opposite decision‚ “Independence Day” does not show a decision leading to the best consequence because murder is against the law. The novel “ Lathering and Nothing Else” is a terrible decision leading to a murder of an unarmed person. Initially‚ all actions that are made should be made with the best outcome‚ not demonstrated in trying to ban all mascots for teams and schools. In the cartoon “ Mascots” Phil Hands
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Residents of Rose Town Report Poison Pen Letter Noname April 1st 2000 Rose Town Star Investigator ROSE TOWN-Three days ago‚ an elderly woman was accused for her brutal actions; she will be facing two charges- libel and violation of the right to privacy. The accused‚ Ms.Strangeworth‚ a seventy-one year old resident of Pleasant Street‚ poison-pen lettered most of the families of the town which caused emotional harm to them. Poison pen letters have bothered the whole entire township for many years
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In Shirley Jackson’s story “The Possibility of Evil” in which Miss Adela Strangeworth writes letters to get rid of the evil in her town‚ and in Eudora Welty’s story “A Worn Path‚” where a grandmother‚ Phoenix Jackson makes a hero’s journey into town to pick up medicine for her grandson. Both Adela and Phoenix are duty bound they feel like they have to write letters or make the trip into town and nothing is going to stop them. Both Phoenix’s and Adela’s duty is to protect something they love and
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take care that he doesn’t become a monster in the process.” In other words‚ this means that someone who battles evil must make sure he doesn’t do evil himself. If he uses evil in the pursuit of justice‚ he is no better than the evil he is fighting. This idea is true and can be proven through character and plot from The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier and in “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson. In novel The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier there is one specific character that fights
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Mrs. Foster stepped into the elevator and gave Miss Strangeworth a nod. Miss Strangeworth glance at her with embarrassment‚ knowing that that was the first time people had ever seen her after the operation. Without saying a word‚ she quietly turned and looked sideways. It had been two months since her transgressions circulated around the town. When she was about to sigh‚ the cart started shaking unexpectedly. Most of the elevator lights flickered and went off eventually. They could barely see each
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