When Shirley Jackson wrote "The Lottery" she "hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to chock the story's readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence...in their own lives. (Kosenko 1). Mrs. Delacroix, who gives the impression of being Tessie Hutchinson's friend, "selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands (Jackson 787)." Both of the instances show that violen

ce in the community has been accepted as condonable in the name of sacrifice. "The children had stones already, and someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles (Jackson 787)." The violence becomes unconscious because the children are taught at an early age, before they can learn the reasons or the consequences of their actions (Kosenko 1).

ndency upon their husband throughout their life (Kosenko 1).

Woman as an inferior is a concealed theme in "The Lottery". Women are considered as belongings of their husbands just as girls don't take part in collecting stones: They are being taught to be dependent upon men (Kosenko 1). Tessie Hutchinson appeared late to the lottery and the crowd addresses Bill with "here comes your missus, Hutchinson (Jackson 783)." The men did not consider addressing Tessie

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