The Lottery Foreshadowing Analysis

When night falls, and the visitors leave the spider monkey exhibit and then eventually the zoo, the speaker is the only one left, back where he started at the bench. The speaker then starts to compare what the monkey did by reaching at his bottom, to what would happen if a human did it. He goes on to talk about how wrong it is. The speaker wants everyone to know this but he can’t say it so he says, “... and we will say these words as we stand; no; think them.” Rice uses diction fantastically here.

Mr. White made the wrong decisions in chess and also the wrong decisions for his family. Another example, arguably the most important, is the monkey’s paw, “His hand grasped the monkey’s paw and with a little shiver he wiped his hand on his coat and went up to bed” (Jacobs 177). The monkey’s paw symbolizes greed. In the story Mr. White physically holds onto his greed and bad things happen to him. By the end of the story, he let’s go of this greed and the monkey’s paw, allowing fate to flow naturally rather than meddling with it.

It gives the reader a sense of hope and happiness. The narrator is dreaming about what he wants to do after the cold, miserable winter is over. The author uses imagery to describe the lush fields and paradise-like setting that the narrator is imagining- the “ferns that never fade” and the “…quiet hill /Where towers the cotton tree”. Personification also plays a role in building up the cheerful and blissful mood. The place that the narrator is recounting has “wide- mouthed orchids that smile” and a “laughing crystal rill”, both of which are positive descriptions.

“The Lottery”: The Symbolism Within A literary symbol is defined as “an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant” (“Symbolism”). The short story “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, has many examples of symbolism that can be found in various places throughout the story. Some specific examples of symbolism in “The Lottery” are the black box used to draw names, the names of the people within the story, and the pieces of paper inside the black box. The first piece of symbolism found in “The Lottery” is the black box.

The End of the Paw In the White house there has been some peculiar behavior going about. Sergeant Major Morris has considered giving the Whites a magical monkey paw, but instead he throws it on the crackling fire. Consequently, Mr. White had saved it, but soon regrets it because, Herbert soon dies with the White’s first wish.

In the beginning, she described it as a warm summer 's day, with children running around playing, the men talking about their crops, and the women gossiping. The author made it seem like

Imagery and Symbolism in Edgar Allen Poe Stories Every bone in my body shook, and every vein pulsed louder and louder until the footsteps stopped right at my front door. Simple, yet descriptive sentences make Poe 's stories interesting and connective to his readers. Although that wasn 't a line by Poe, It’s a small representation of how Poe can influence others. Throughout The Black Cat and The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar uses symbolism and imagery to entice his readers. This is extremely important to his writing because it allows the reader to understand, connect and engage with his writing.

The second example of loyalty doesn 't guarantee respect, also occurred when Caliban flung the kitten up in the air and the kitten survives. And he learns that you cannot hurt a “week, helpless little thing” but his master did know that he felt that way and he loses his respect. Emma-Lindsay Squire wrote “ Caliban had one abiding cats… caliban loathed them, chased them savagely, killed the mercilessly… they usually died with a broken neck and a broken back… he leaned at the gray cat, caught her, flung her up into the air… he say he had not killed her. He came nearly, ready to shake her with precisely deathly twist that he knew so well. Still she did not move.

A great story always has at least one theme. A theme is a central idea that the story’s events make the reader think about deeply. They are like the ground work of the story, giving the reader something to hold on to through out the story. Some stories may contain many themes, however, they all need at least one to give direction as well as purpose to the reader. Several themes appear in Rick Riordan 's novel Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief, including the fight against good and evil, friendship, and the betrayal of loved ones.

In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18, for example, the speaker immediately compares the subject of his admiration to a bright, sunny day, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate” (1-2). This light, found in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and many other famous works of art, often signifies beauty. In other words, beautiful women are often compared to light and day while they are rarely compared to darkness and night. Because of its prominence in art and literature, comparing a woman to “a summer’s day” - to light and warmth - has become “a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought;” it has become a cliché (dictionary.com).

You can get mood from settings and themes of a novel. Since, a setting tells you the placement and time period of the novel it may give you a certain feeling. Also, with theme it is an opinion of that novel which the author tries to portray ; these opinions make you feel a certain way. For example, in the novel Night the setting is during the Holocaust in Germany, mass slaughter of jews, which was a very sad time . So, the mood of this book may be very sad because of the setting during Holocaust.

The reader's mood is affected by the author’s use in tone, mainly by word choice. The passage examples of these may include “The Monkey’s Paw”, “The Tale-Tale Heart”, and “The Open Window”. All of these passages have something in common, they all have scary tones in them. For instance, a line from the “Tale-Tale Heart” is “ I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this!

One of the ways Jackson uses literary technique is with Irony, and foreshadowing. People who hear “The Lottery” assume that the person or people who win the lottery will win a prize of some sort, such as money. However, on the contrary, the winner of this lottery gets murdered. Jackson hints throughout the story that the ending of the story will not be as civilized as the reader may think. “They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed” (Jackson 1).

“The perfect killer has no friends, only targets.” In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” the villagers participate in an annual lottery that occurs every year. This story is an example of a “twist of fate.” Everyone in the village has to participate in the stoning of whoever is the lucky winner that is drawn. No matter your age or relation to the victim, it was expected of you to participate in this outraged act!

Symbolism can be explained in many ways and various things can be used to symbolize something. Symbolism is also used to show emotions or the way someone is explaining something. Foreshadowing is an example of symbolism because it’s like thinking back at a time that once happened in the past, symbolizing memories of what happened during that time. For example the color black in “The Lottery” symbolizes death, therefore there’s death in the short story.