The Theme Of The Duality Of Human Nature In The Lottery

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At the end of the story, we find out that Emily murdered Homer Barron and dressed him up and laid down with him whenever she wanted to. If someone took this story at face value, they would call her a sociopath because murder is outrageous. However, when taking a closer look at Emily’s background, the reader can see that the circumstances in her life lead her to such rash decisions. She believed she was doing the right thing by killing Homer, but she went about the situation the wrong way. She just didn 't want to lose another, probably last, loved one in her life.

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His determination to avenge the unjust murder of his father is seen by some as noble, but the way he goes about it and the manner he treats other innocent people in the process is frowned upon by others. For many readers the question in Hamlet isn't to be or not to be, but whether to love or hate his character. Amy Dunne (Gone Girl) Is Amy Dunne a strong female character who wasn't afraid to take destiny into her own hands or was she a manipulative, lying, homicidal villian? That is the question many readers of Gone Girl asked themselves after reading the book.

The Lottery In the short story “The Lottery”by Shirley Jackson, the characters of the story all have mixed emotions about this lottery. The character, Tessie Hutchinson, her emotions about this lottery is that she thinks it is unfair. Mrs. Hutchinson thinks the lottery is unfair because they didn't give her family enough time to pick a slip. But i think it was fair because everyone takes their own time.

This is an interesting concept as it appears that no one in the village, not even the oldest man, has a good reason for when and why the lottery began. This symbol of tradition, Old Man Warner, is designed to show that even the man with the most experience and arguably most knowledge about the tradition, since he has gone through the lottery for 77 years, just blindly follows it because it has always been that way (Jackson 316). We see that even Warner is merely a victim of blind tradition as it is revealed that, “the original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago…before Old Man Warner,” showing that even Warner was not around when the tradition began. Warner, the symbol of tradition itself, is used by Jackson to reveal how even the most experienced people can still fall into blindly following established

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Both “The Lottery”(Shirley Jackson) and “The Giraffe”(Mauro Senesi) have characters who represent themselves as victims towards society, though in “The Lottery” the family is mistreated because of a traditional event whileas in “The Giraffe” the giraffe is victimized for being different. Within both stories the archetype of a victim is present, in “The Lottery” Tessie Hutchinson is chosen by the traditional draw to be killed. She is chosen and so she repetitively says "It isn't fair”(Jackson 6), while as her mother also said “It isn't fair, it isn't right”(Jackson 6). Likewise, in “The Giraffe” the giraffe is hurt through verbal assault and life threats which appear consistently.

The traditions of the village blur people's perspective of what's wrong and right with the lottery they hold. The lottery is a drawing to see which person in the village will be stoned to death that year. Even though the act is horrible, and they don't know why they have this tradition anymore, the people still do it. There belief in traditions make it hard to see what is wrong with this. When Tessie Hutchinson is about to be killed in the story she starts to say how the tradition is wrong, how it was not right.

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Many towns have traditions that they are not willing to let go of, but none like the one in the story The Lottery. Unlike most traditions this one does not have a happy ending. If you draw the chosen ticket from the black box you are then pegged with rocks by your whole town including your family. The forsaken tradition that this town is not willing to let go is dangling on by a thread. Many signs are shown throughout the story that the tradition that they thought would last forever is not going to last so long.

There were a few rare sympathizers, however, who identified with Jodi Arias’ anger at being used and lied to by a man and truly believed she murdered him in a fit of rage (Keifer, 2015). This would make the proper ruling manslaughter, and not premeditated murder, as the law dictates different punishments based on the premeditation, or lack thereof, of the killer. These sympathizers could argue that there was not enough mercy awarded by the court due to Jodi’s apparently sympathetic situation. What is the proper balance between mercy and justice? Should justice overrule mercy?

In Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," Mrs. Delacroix conveys the duality of human nature through abruptly betraying Tessie when she is chosen to be sacrificed. For example, before the lottery, Tessie talks with Mrs. Delacroix then "Tapped Mrs. Delcaroix on the arm as a farewell and made her way through the crowd" (Jackson 2). By tapping Mrs. Delacroix on the arm as 'a farewell,' Tessie wishes her luck and believes that Mrs. Delacroix is her friend. The friendly nature between the two women shows Mrs. Delacroix's righteous and kind side to her personality.

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.