Tradition in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”
Tradition is a common aspect in many stories, including the story of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, where a small town observes an annual ritual known as the lottery. The purpose of the lottery is to randomly pick a victim to be stoned to death to assure the community's well-being. Through the Psychoanalysis theory, New Historicism/Cultural theory, and Marxist literary criticism, we can see how Jackson portrayed the dangers of not allowing your society to advance and grow out of certain…...
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