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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The theme of “The Landlady” and “The Possibility of Evil‚” are things are not what they seem. In “The Landlady‚” the owner of a little bed and breakfast is an old lady‚ but she’s hiding the true purpose of her bed and breakfast. She somehow knows when the person she selects is in town and she summons them into her bed and breakfast. Where she then acts all innocent and drinks tea with them. Soon readers realize that something’s not right‚ and start to notice the signs. This short story ends up with
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In the short story‚ “the Possibility Of Evil” ‚ Shirley Jackson uses several symbols to tell her storey about Miss. Strangeworth. One symbol she uses is Miss. Strangeworth’s roses. In the second paragraph of the short story‚ the author describes how Miss.Strangeworth’s admires her flowers. To her‚ they aren’t just “anything.” To her‚ the roses are like her children. Another symbol she uses is her letters whom were locked. Taking into consideration that she did not only write rude letters and mail
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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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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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