dramatic irony because the reader knows that it fell and Miss Strangeworth had no idea. It creates suspense in the book because we know what’s going to happen‚ but the character‚ Miss Strangeworth‚ doesn’t. It gives you something to worry about because you know something bad is going to happen and you can’t do anything about it.
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The traits of this story are social structure‚ outsider‚ and Mrs. strangeworth have a high social status because of her family history in the community. Mrs. strangeworth family did a lot for the community and was known as a nice respectful family. Mrs. Strangeworth could be known as an outsider‚ but she belongs to the community. She lives in the same community as the other citizens her way of thinking is just a little
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This story introduces Miss Adela Strangeworth‚ who considers herself the town matriarch (Jackson‚ p.6). She anonymously sends letters with mean-spirited truths with the aim of discovering the fright of evil in the townsfolk. She (Miss Strangeworth) has lived for over 70 years in this same small town‚ and as such‚ considers herself the guardian who is tasked with spotting the potential evil
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THE BULLY PRE-READING QUESTIONS 1. Bullies always want to fight‚ hurt somebody or getting trouble to their victims. They don’t acting like a good person or friendly and it’s just for fun for them. 2. I remember there was a bully guy in my childhood. He always absurd fear to his victims. In my opinion he will not change because of his family and other bullies friends. Also his parents were really dangerous too. DURING READING QUESTIONS 3. The setting of the story is takes place in one of
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Juan Huerta Mrs.Sweeney English 2 19 September 2013 Strange Strangeworth Is everyone really how they seem? in Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Possibility Of Evil’ She describes Ms.Strangeworth as a sweet kind old lady who just likes people in her town to be happy. throughout the story Mrs.Strangeworth is nothing but a mean old lady who likes to hurt others and sneaky she writes unknown letters to the people in her town. Her cruelty attacks the reader to keep reading. It is a very promising
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In “The possibility of Evil” by Shirley jackson Miss Strangeworth uses color coded notepads to write evil letters to community members. Such as green and for envy pink for the innocence of a baby girl. Oxymoron- A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. This literary device
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out that she was the one making the letters he goes and destroys her roses (p.6). Smith 3 Shirley Jackson provides a well-developed character who judges people and tries to rid her town of evil. In the short story‚ The Possibility of evil Miss Strangeworth is a judgemental‚ yet seemingly friendly old lady who wants to rid her town of evil‚ and creates a conflict by doing so. But she is punished in the end for what she did. Based on Miss Strangeworth’s traits‚ motivation and importance to the story
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for Miss Strangeworth to see what is going on in the town and who will be the next victim of her merciless letters. Both stories express the theme of spreading negativity and crossing lines in terms of gossip. People base their rumors or stories on assumptions. “Miss Stangeworth never concerned herself with facts‚ her letter all dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion” (Jackson). We can also see that in both stories the people who judged others where anonymous; Miss Strangeworth by her letters
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Miss Strangeworth’s character can be analyzed by what she does‚ what the narrator says about her‚ and how other characters interact with her. In The Possibility of Evil we will see how she changes from so sweet to so bitter. Miss strangeworth’s character can be analyzed by concidering what she does. In other words she is a nice woman at the beginning. She grows roses and is friendly with the everyone in the town. Without a doubt there aren’t just any ordinary roses. People come from everywhere
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lady that thinks her job is to keep her town away from evil‚ however‚ in the end she gets more than what she bargained for. The disturbed personality in this story is the one of Miss Strangeworth as she assumes it is her prime duty to keep evil out the town like she is some sort of angel. In the town that Miss Strangeworth lived in‚ the residents looked up to her only because she was more affluent than them. For them she was a town mayor and
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