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Depiction of Women in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

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

Cultural Violence and 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

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

Can Utilitarianism Be Considered a Sound Ethical Theory?

complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...

Symbolism: The Lottery, The Necklace, and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

day it was...Thought my old man was out back stacking wood...She dried her hands on her apron" (Jackson). Clearly this town is sym...

Jackson's The Lottery and Obsolete Tradition

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

How Social Environment Influences Behavior in Two Short Stories

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...

Stanford Prison Experiment

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

Insanity in Literature

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

Sacrifice According to Herman Melville, Henrik Ibsen, and Shirley Jackson

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

Literature, Poetry, and Self Reliance

many ways Emersons views of self-reliance can be seen in the following excerpt from the work: "There is a time in every mans educa...

View of Tradition in Jackson's "The Lottery"

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

Shirley Jackson's Subtle Use of Horror

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

Literature, Guilt, and Children's Treatment by Adults

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

Letters of Dame Shirley

In five pages this paper discusses Dame Shirley's letter. There are no other source listed....

'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

and commonplace New England town for the event. It could serve as the model for a Norman Rockwell painting that could be titled "T...

Nature of Evil in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

In five pages this paper discusses the theme of evil within the context of this short story by Shirley Jackson. There are no othe...

'The Shawl' by Cynthia Ozick and 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...

'Good' and 'Bad' Tradition in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

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

Comparative Analysis of 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson and 'Barn Burning' by William Faulkner

and simplistic style she employs. "The lottery was conducted--as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program--by...

Short Stories by Shirley Jackson 'After You, My Dear Alphonse' and 'The Lottery'

domestic tendencies in their society. In "The Lottery" there are many characters and in "After You, My Dear Alphonse" there are ...

'The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, 'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway and Powerlessness

him that she wants to stop talking about it, indicating she feels completely powerless and is just going to do it and get it over ...

Hawthorne & Jackson/Comments on Their Society

opening to Jacksons Lottery, as Jackson carefully underscores the normality of the day and how what is to take place is viewed as ...

I'm Not Stupid by David Rodriguez and 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

In seven pages the controlling characters of Margaret Fletcher and Mr. Summers in Rodriguez's play and Jackson's short story are c...

Joyce’s “The Dead” and Jackson’s “The Lottery”

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 Lottery, A Classic Horror Story

anthologized works in literature and for good reason. The story is simple, follows a linear structure, and within that basic frame...

An Address of Four Specific Questions in Literature

him an hour just to move his head into the room. The protagonist exclaims, "Ha! Would a madman have been so wise as this?" which i...

Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House and Henry James' The Turn of the Screw

In eight pages these two supernatural tales are analyzed in a comparison and contrast of similarities and differences. There are ...

Violence in Kaplan's 'Doe Season' and Jackson's 'The Lottery'

In five pages the violence associated with ritual is examined in this comparative analysis of these stories by Kaplan and Jackson....

Comparative Analysis of Ursula K. Le Guin's 'Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' and Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'

it that way for ages. Madness is not only contagious; it is bred into the people of the village. The black box, then, represents u...

Shirley Jackson and Flannery O’Connor

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