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  • Mr Summers And A Few Other Villagers
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    Drawing Names in The Lottery The common curse of mankind, -folly and ignorance, Shakespeare once wrote. This quotation strengthens Shirley Jackson's ideas in The Lottery, as she very distinctly uses symbolic names for her characters to show the ignorance of the sacrificial lottery the small village holds year after year. These sacrifices, which used to be held to appease the god of harvest, have grown meaningless in their culture. Jackson uses the characters not only to visualize the story for t...
  • Jackson's Allusion To Anne Hutchinson
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    Over the years many critics have wrote articles on Shirley Jackson's numerous works. Many critics had much to say about Jackson's most famous short story, 'The Lottery'. Her insights and observations about man and society are disturbing; and in the case of 'The Lottery,' they are shocking. 'The themes themselves are not new, evil cloaked in seeming good, prejudice and hypocrisy, loneliness and frustration, psychological studies of minds that have slipped the bonds of reality' (Friedman). Literar...
  • Captain And Mrs Jackson
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    Margaret Ann Martin was born in Greenfield, Nelson County, Virginia on January 20th, 1834. Her parents were Hudson Martin and Nancy Thorpe. Hudson Marton was born in Virginia in 1765. At the close of the Revolutionary War, Giddeon Martin, his after moved to Kentucky. Giddeon Martin had fought for seven years in the Revolution under General George Washington. Hudson Martin and Nancy Thorpe were married March 22nd, 1824. The following children were born to this union John, their only son, and daug...
  • Mr Jackson Of Course
    682 words
    Mr. Jackson, seeing as you have been found guilty of murder in the first degree by the citizens of the Great Republic Of Texas, I have no choice but to sentence you to death by means of lethal injection, to be administered by a state-appointed prison medical technician within 90 days' time. But I'll have you know, Mr. Jackson, that as harsh as this punishment may seem, trust me when I tell you that it hurts the state of Texas much more than it hurts you. I must say, I can hardly believe the lack...
  • Very Normal Activity For The Community
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    The story of "The Lottery", written by Shirley Jackson is very different in terms of the ways you and me may see the lottery today. The lottery today is looked at as fun, entertaining and almost as a type of recreation for many Americans, but not in this short story. The lottery in this story is the total opposite of the way we view it today. It does not deal with entertainment but it deals with your life literally, almost as if they are playing Russian rul let. But this all seems like a normal ...

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