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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Miss Strangeworth’s character can be analized by considering what she does‚ what the narrator says about her and how other character’s interact with her. Miss Strangeworth’s character can be analized by considering what she does. For example she is cheerful. This is because she goes around and says hey to everybody and they usually say it back.in addition she is cheerful because she comments on how it’s a nice day and how it’s a fragrant summer day. Also as she walks down the road she ask everybody
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the world‚ Trent is no better than the people that are evil. The short story “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson is another example of one person “fighting” monsters and becoming one in the process. In this text the main character Adela Strangeworth writes letters to people in “her” town on things they are doing wrong or things she doesn’t like. The letters are very rude‚ but because she thinks she is helping the “monsters” she has become a “monster” because of that. When she was going to
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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” (Jackson 8). As such‚ Miss Strangeworth and the people in her town have a totalitarian relationship‚ where her superiority lets her
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Are humans innately evil‚ good or are we blank slates? Humans are not born innately good or evil; they are born without knowledge of good or evil but with an innate need for survival. If you look at babies‚ they are innately very selfish‚ that is their nature. They have survival instincts‚ and all they care about is getting as much food as they can so they can survive. But does that make them evil? No. Most kids grow to be innately good adults‚ and it’s a small minority who grow into being "evil"
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Fictional stories with morals frequently reveal traits of human nature‚ through a character’s reaction to certain situations‚ which enable readers to reflect a lesson onto their own lives. In “The Possibility of Evil”‚ the main character‚ Miss Strangeworth‚ reacts to all of the “wicked people in the world…[by] listening carefully”‚ and writing letters
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The stories “The Lottery” and “The Possibility of Evil‚” both written by Shirley Jackson‚ can be depicted as similar as they collectively use the literary devices imagery‚ symbolism‚ and foreshadowing. Jackson is able to utilise the literary tool of imagery in both “The Lottery” and “The Possibility of Evil” to elaborate and expand on the many different aspects of her stories. At the beginning of “The Lottery‚” Shirley Jackson utilises imagery to create a clear‚ concise setting of the story. “The
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