Alma Musvosvi Professor Aagaard English 102 April 15‚ y Journal IV One of the many themes Shirley Jackson portrays in “The Lottery”‚ is blind acceptance of sexism in society. This theme was clear shown throughout the story in the way that women were treated. In the opening of the story‚ the villagers is gathered at the town square in preparation for the annual lottery. Jackson describes what the boys‚ girls‚ men and women are doing. From the beginning‚ women and girls take the stereotypical roles
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Themes/Symbols of The Lottery” and “The Things They Carried” In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson there are many themes. However‚ the main theme of the short story is following a tradition blindly can be deadly. Tradition in societies and culture allows for important lessons and skills to be passed on from generation to generation. However‚ following others without questioning what is going on or the reason why your doing it in the first place‚ can lead to reckless and impulsive
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The Lottery Limerick In a village there was once an annual lottery Where winning wasn’t exactly lucky For the winner was stoned‚ And in pain they groaned Dying as victims of assault and battery. Anonymous The Cruelty of the Villagers(Tanka) I saw her fall dead With stones raining upon her No one tried to stop Grateful their names were not drawn None were saddened by this loss. Anonymous Ode to Tessie Hutchinson When I think of her‚ my heart aches As though hemlock I have drunk
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Queenie Chen 11/28/2012 If I Win the Lottery When I was a little kid‚ I always day dreaming that if I were born in a rich family‚ and I was treated like a princess. How wonderful is that! Or in one day‚ if I win the lottery for five millions what am I going to do with my money? If I win five million dollars‚ the first thing I would do is to buy a big and comfortable single house for my family. And ask them to quit their job. It is because my parents have been working for so many years. I noticed
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Poet’s Page Poems Comments Stats Arthur Nortje : Letter from Pretoria Central Prison The bell wakes me at 6 in the pale spring dawn with the familiar rumble of the guts negotiating murky corridors that smell of bodies. My eyes find salutary the insurgent light of distances. Waterdrops rain crystal cold‚ my wet face in ascent from an iron basin greets its rifled shadow in the doorway. They walk us to the workshop. I am eminent‚ the blacksmith of the block: these active hours
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ROLE OF IRONIES IN OEDIPUS REX Oedipus Rex is one of the best tragedies. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy must be an imitation of life in the form of a serious story that is complete in itself; in other words‚ the story must be realistic and narrow in focus. A good tragedy will evoke pity and fear in its viewers. Irony: Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. In Oedipus Rex‚ ironies play a vital
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Betrayal is the first similarity between the two stories‚ “The Veldt” & “The Lottery”‚ this is since both stories have characters that have betrayed their own people. The Veldt & the Lottery have their differences and similarities throughout the story. In the Veldt‚ the children have betrayed their own parents‚ while in “the Lottery” Tessie Hutchinson’s supposed “friends” wanted to stone her to death over a lottery ticket. The children and the villagers betrayed their own kind because they wanted
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The lottery is an example of the utilitarian monster because‚ in a lottery game‚ there are many losers‚ but only one winner. The happiness of the winner of a lottery ticket is very high‚ and when compared to the unhappiness of the losers‚ there is still‚ in theory‚ a net happiness gain. So in essence‚ the happiness of many (the losers) is sacrificed for the disproportionate happiness of one individual (the winner). A case could be made for and against the lottery in terms of monetized utilitarianism
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Irony as a device and its political potential “Is there any way to get hold of any corner of this large slippery subject (irony) with precision enough to allow two readers to agree and to know how they have agreed?”7 Irony is not an easy term to define within specific limits. The fact that the notion of irony has been extensively discussed and used in several fields in various ways is not accidental. Irony is used‚ inter alia‚ in various forms of art such as literature‚ performance art‚ theater‚
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Climax‚ Symbolize and Theme in the Lottery “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a very famous American short story. It was published in the June 26‚ 1948‚ issue of the The New Yorker. Written the same month it was published. It is ranked today as “one if the most famous short stories in the history of America literature.” It has been studied in preparatory schools and in universities since its publication. It is very controversial
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