Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one like to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box. ... The black box grew shabbier each year; by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color, and in some places faded or stained." ... The black box had been put to use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town. ... Maybe the reason these villagers didn't want to upset the black box is because they had heard the story of how pieces of this box were from the original box. ....

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One of the most important evidence of symbolism throughout the essay is the symbolic black box. ... Meanwhile, the further illustration of how the villagers stored the black box also points to the symbolic meaning of the black box. ... The black box was appeared to be very "shabby" and "grew shabbier each year (79)". The physical appearance of the box suggests that it was not only the black box that needed to be replaced but the tradition of the lottery. ... Of course she drew that black dot out of the black "box." ...

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In addition, the black box is another crucial paraphernalia for the lottery. ... Such black box, Jackson prominently depicts the origin, the evolution and the present situation of the black box in particular. ... Even so, the present black box "had been put into use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born; the black box grew shabbier each year. ... Summers began talking again about [making] a new box after the lottery each year, [the black box] was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color without anything's be...

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Summers carrying a black box. Black is usually a symbol of death or unpleasantness. When the box is placed on the stool in the middle of the square the villagers automatically place space between them and the box. ... Hutchinson is has the paper with the black mark. Once again the color black is used to as a symbol of what is to come. ...

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Summers carrying a black box. Black is usually a symbol of death or unpleasantness. When the box is placed on the stool in the middle of the square the villagers automatically place space between them and the box. ... Hutchinson is has the paper with the black mark. Once again the color black is used to as a symbol of what is to come. ...

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He also "spoke frequently...about making a new box" (75), so, therefore, he also represented new ideas as well as old. ... She is the one that drew the slip of paper that had the black dot on it which meant she was the one to be sacrificed. ... "Hutch" is a term for a chest or compartment for storage; basically, a box. Of course she drew that black dot out of the black "box." ... All of her jokes turned into pleas and accusations once she visited that little black box. ...

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Summers set the black box on it"(272). ... The black box that was placed on top of the stool was also a symbol. The color black is closely associated with death. The black box foreshadows that something bad is going to happen. Inside that black box were slips of paper and one had a black dot on it. ...

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Summers arrived in the square, carrying the "black box." ... The narrator recounts a partial history of rituals involving the black box, complete with rumors of chants, recitals, stances, dim memories of the way the lottery used to be conducted. ... Graves keeps the black box as does a grave hold death. ...

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Summers spoke about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box. ... For generations the lottery was always performed on the twenty-seventh of June, but the orginal box was lost, the rituals were forgotten, but the villagers did remember to use stones. ... To him the lottery was not bad because he was never the one to pick the black marker. ... She was thinking if they could pick then they would be the ones that picked the black mark. ...

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The Lottery In The Lottery, Shirley Jackson captures the troubles of her time. The story is a moral allegory of a grisly execution. She reveals that even well educated, modern, cultured people, and societies can be led down the path to true evil, people like you and me can act like this! Tragic ...

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The whole tradition of the drawing slips of paper from a black wooden box has its roots in ancient history and people already forgot the original reason of it. ... The slip of paper with a black point finally ends in the hands of Tessie Hutchinson. ... Apart from that, he also begins talking about a new wooden box because the old one grew shabbier each year. But in this case he is not successful because of disagreement of those people who believe that the present box had been made with some pieces of the original box which had been constructed by people who established their village. ......

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Making up the slips of paper that will go into the black box, and conducting the actual lottery, are his two most important jobs. ... Summers was very good at all of this; in his clean white shirt and blue jeans, with one hand resting carelessly on the black box" (134). ...

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Simply hearing the title of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery", automatically conjures an image of a a lucky person who wins an instant landslide of money. Although there is certainly suspense in "The Lottery", it is mostly based on the concept that you don't know, at least in the beginning, what's in ...

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Word travels fast the Bill Hutchinson has the black dot. ... When they open their papers, they find that Tessie has now drawn the paper with the black dot on it. ... Tessie then is granted another chance to pick again from The Lottery and ironically she is the final one to pull the dreaded black dot. ... Lastly, the narrator then says, "Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones" (Jackson, Pg. 4). ... Tessie then is granted another chance to pick again from The Lottery and ironically she is the final one to pul...

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