Have you ever really thought about where evil exists? Evil is all around us each and every day. Evil is in us, our friends, our parents, etc. Sometimes the evil is not noticeable, but it still lies in the person. Sometimes you might think someone is something that they really are not. In "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Lottery", "evil lurking behind a genteel or reassuring surface" is shown in three ways: Symbolism of Names, Objects, and Acts.
In "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Lottery", both of these short stories use symbols of names as marks of evil. In "Young Goodman Brown", Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the names Faith and Young Goodman Brown as the sign of nice, and respectable people. In "The Lottery", Jackson uses the name Mr. Summers as a symbol of Summer when the lottery was held. In "Young Goodman Brown", Faith is used to express a religious and faithful person to her Christianity as implied in the short story. "And Faith, as the wife was aptly named" (187). Young Goodman Brown uses Faith's name as a protectant of his soul and body. He uses Faith's name to resolve moments with the Devil, to strengthen him. In "The Lottery", Shirley Jackson uses the name Mr. Graves as a symbol or sign of death. Mr. Graves runs the Lottery throughout the short story. Mr. Graves is the symbol of killing in the lottery. Even though Mr. Summers ran the lottery, Mr. Graves had say over him. In "Young Goodman Brown", Young Goodman Brown is expressed as a Young, good faithful man. He loves his wife, Faith. "My love and my Faith" (187). In "The Lottery", Shirley Jackson uses the name Hutchinson as a symbol of a hutch, sort of like a box. Through the sumbolism of the name, when she picked the black dot out of the box, we knew that it was going to happen. These types of Symbolism represent evil in a way.
In these two stories, there is a lot of symbolism through acts. Two examples of types of evil that we encounter are evils through Satanism and the evil in mankind.
There's always been a lottery." ... Nevertheless, the lottery continues because there has always been a lottery in the past. ... Black is a historical color that represents death and the box revolves around all the evil that has been done and will be done. ... Summer's name highlights his central role of the lottery. He is the most important of all those who manage the lottery. ...
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery,"" is a short story about an annual lottery drawing in a small rural town that has been held for over seventy-seven years. ... The name Summers is the sir name of the lottery officiate. His name symbolizes the time the lottery is conducted; summer time on June 27. ... The box holds the key between life and death even the color is earmarked for evil. ... They are used to brutally stone the villager who has won the lottery. ...
The most shrewd aspect of this traveler is his staff, " which bore the likeness of a great black snake-("YGB" 62). The traveler's staff symbolizes the evilness of its owner. ... ("YGB" 67). Brown dies a crushed man knowing that the world is in the power of an evil being. ... Each protagonist has his difficulties with evil as Hawthorne most likely experienced throughout his life. ...
The summers here not only bring blue skies and warm temperatures, but also, the lottery. ... By examining a few of the characters in this story, the reader gets a chilling picture of how blindly following tradition can justify an evil like no other. ... He is also in charge of running the lottery. ... The children of the town also play a role in the lottery. ... Blindly following this tradition is breeding evil, and it will continue until someone stops it....
"The Lottery, " by Shirley Jackson is a story about a small town that participates in an annual untraditional lottery event. Traditionally, the word "lottery" usually involves winning something like money or prizes, but in this particular story, the untraditional lottery winning means someone will lose their life. ... Hutchinson supports the lottery, and also encourages her husband Bill to pick a paper. ... During the gathering for the lottery drawing, some of the neighbors discusses the origin of the lottery and suggests that they stop the tradition. ... The central confli...
''The Lottery," a short story of threatening evilness written by Shirley Jackson, is an allegory of village itself. ... People growing up in this small village come to think of the lottery as a common part of their lives. ... Another important theme in ''The Lottery'' is the theme of hypocrisy. First, it is important to mention that family bonds are a significant part of the lottery. ... In essence, ''The Lottery'' mirrors the seemingly subconscious human corruption, evilness and wickedness that people apparently possess....
"The Lottery" clearly expresses Jackson's feelings concerning mankind's evil nature hiding behind traditions and rituals. ... The setting of "The Lottery" supports the theme. ... The names of all the prominent characters in "The Lottery" support the idea that everybody hides their evil nature by way of hypocrisy. ... Even the color of the box is a symbol for evil. ... By showing the reader that the lottery has become a meaningless cat that people ignorantly follow driven by his or her own evilness, Jackson has proven the theme found in the story. ...
Symbolism The Lottery In Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," set in a small fictional town on June 27, the townspeople gather to conduct a lottery. ... Old Man Warner is the oldest man in the town and he states in the story, "seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery"; he is the only person to survive the lottery for seventy-seven years. We can look at Old Man Warner as a legend in that town for surviving so many lotteries. He has been in the lottery so long that he can tell how the lottery and the townspeople have changed, from the first time he was in it; he says "It's not...
THE PRIVATIZATION OF STATE LOTTERY (PFM) ISRAEL JIMOH "Early in American history, lotteries were quite common but also were generally operated by private organizations, not by state governments. ... Prominent American leaders also lent their support to lotteries designed to raise funds for public works. John Hancock's signature appears on lottery tickets sold to fund the construction of Faneuil Hall while George Washington administered the unsuccessful 1768 Mountain Road Lottery in Virginia, and Ben Franklin organized a lottery during the American Revolution to finance the purcha...
