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and dangers inherently possessed in all of these elements. For example, the grandmother will ultimately be killed by the Misfit, J...

4 pages in length. Evil - a self-perpetuating entity of myriad literary tales - presents itself as a force that challenges the ve...

some do not stop to consider the consequences of their actions. Brown is especially aware of this fact as he becomes "a stern, a ...

The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...

the reader with picture-perfect images. As one author notes, in regards to this story, "Through joyous rituals, LeGuin outlines pa...

In five pages this paper discusses how women are subjected to oppression by men in these 2 short stories by Shirley Jackson. Seve...

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares how evil is thematically depicted in these short stories. There are 2 sources cited ...

In five pages these short stories are compared in terms of the community importance that exists in each of them. Four sources are...

careful selection of names and how they reflect the personalities of the characters, and in the hypocritical nature of the charact...

time reader has no idea why. "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer...

against Mrs. Hutchinson, and they only wanted to get through quickly so they could go home for lunch" (The Lottery: Shirley Jackso...

offers a very powerful image of the lives these people live trapped in a tiny apartment and in their individual lives. Melville...

hands of male heads of families and households. Women are disenfranchised" (Kosenko 27). It is the men who are essentially in cha...

woman who has given her life to being a wife and a mother and she is simply trying to understand why her son expects to live his l...

this a model of an extremely traditional patriarchal society, with the men in charge and the women and children following them obe...

the most frightening short stories ever written. Jackson begins with a description of a gorgeous summer day and subtly weaves a we...

This essay describes "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson in regards to the positive and negative aspects of tradition. Three pages in...

principal rationalization behind the lottery when he says, "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon" (Jackson). Warner disparages thos...

In four pages On the Road by Jack Kerouac, 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson are ...

one of the most essential elements of sacrifice, especially in a religious context, is that the action is performed willingly, and...

In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...

In five pages this paper examines this 1970s' psychological experiment with group behavior commentary, 'The Lottery' by Shirley Ja...

In five pages this report examines the characterization of 'The Misfit' and its significance. There are no additional sources use...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Joyce’s “The Dead”. Themes between the two works are co...

"the trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled"(OConnor). This would seem to symbolize the wildern...

footsteps. This is demonstrated through the parallels between Huck and his father. In the part of the novel where Huck is abducted...

in men. Her daughter had died in childhood and with her one son she had no articulate relations. On the night when she died she wa...

this only comes in the form of regret at the end. In fact, if anyone were to be bitter about things, it would have to be the gra...

This well researched report examines this topic in a variety of ways. Various sources are used such as Desiree's Baby, A Good Man ...

by the lack of ethical integrity, which seemed to be a byproduct of industrial society. The wheels of progress, in Lawrences view...