story is about a sweet old lady‚ Miss Strangeworth‚ that cares a lot about the the people in the town and feels the need to “fix” their problems. Miss Strangeworth feels that there is so much evil in the world and she needs to get rid of the evil. Miss Strangeworth is socializing with the people who she thinks has problems in their lives‚ so no one will suspect that she is the one writing the anonymous letters to them. After socializing with them‚ Miss Strangeworth heads back to her house and starts
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by considering what she does and says. Miss Strangeworth is a seventy-one old woman who believe the town belong to her and that it her job to fight all evil in it. Miss strangeworth’s is a very sneaky woman. Although Miss Strangeworth’s desk held a trimmed quill pen‚ which had belonged to her
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Jackson‚ the protagonist‚ Miss Strangeworth‚ understands that evil is everywhere but does her best to stop it As a result; in Miss Strangeworth’s mind she is the guardian and protector of the town. She feels that this responsibility has been accorded her because her grandfather was one of the town’s founding fathers. She is somewhat indulgent. As such Miss Strangeworth often catches herself thinking‚ “the town belongs to her.” Furthermore‚ Miss Strangeworth feels that it is her duty to protect
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`In the short story “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson‚ the readers are reminded through Miss Strangeworth’s character that even though one’s intentions may be to help another person‚ their advice is not always appreciated. Miss Strangeworth is a very well respected person in the small town she lives in. She is always happy and willing to talk to everyone. Throughout the short story‚ she sends anonymous letters to people with advice in hope to make the town a peaceful place. One of the
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but has a big secret. Miss Strangeworth has stunning roses in her yard that have been passed down to her from generations; everyone in town comes to admire her roses. Even though Miss Strangeworth knows everyone and is nice to everyone‚ she anonymously sends letters to people. These letters contain things such as cheating‚ “accidental” deaths‚ and telling parents they aren’t fit to have children. I believe that Miss Strangeworth deserved what she got. Miss Strangeworth is a 71-year-old woman. She
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A discussion of the character traits of a fictitious elderly woman named Miss Strangeworth will occur in this character sketch. Miss Strangeworth was an elderly woman‚ who was representative of her town?s history. She led a quiet public life‚ and was on friendly terms with most residents of her town. Unknown to these residents‚ Miss Strangeworth lived a double life. She was a friendly‚ grandmotherly figure in public; however‚ when she was out of the public?s eye‚ she became the author of unsettling
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personalities get the best of us? “The Possibility of Evil”‚ a short story by Shirley Jackson focused on the odd behavior of Miss Strangeworth. Though Miss Strangeworth do not change throughout the story‚ people just don’t know how awful she is. Miss Strangeworth has written small anonyms notes filled with cruel comments about toward her towns folks throughout the story. Miss Strangeworth enjoyed writing harsh letters to her neighbors‚ showing her jealous personality towards her neighbors. After thinking
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by Shirley Jackson‚ Ms. Strangeworth is a woman of great moral standing. Ms. Strangeworth believes the town is corrupted and Ms. Strangeworth wants to help cure it. The author helps the readers believe the story by describing Ms. Strangeworth in great detail. The author makes the audience realize she is a mean old lady that writes atrocious letters to her friends. In everyone’s life there is at least one mean old lady now it’s time to meet Ms. Strangeworth. Ms. Strangeworth has lost many friends in
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the people that live there. The reader meets Miss Strangeworth who is a sweet little lady that smiles to everyone during the day and starts conversations‚ but by the time she gets home she starts writing letters revealing secrets and unpleasant facts of her neighbours and fellow townspeople and then has the audacity to send the letters around without signing them. This story puts the flaws of humans in the perspective of the old lady Mrs. Strangeworth and interests the reader with the coldness and deception
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Me From the Past: Isn’t Ms. Strangeworth just like a 1950s version of Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl? Response: Well‚ she does like spreading rumors and does have a scheming side to her.But‚ I would say that she is more like senator Joe McCarthy who claimed that communists were invading the US government. Basically‚ he got a lot of people fired because he made a bunch of false claims. Yet‚ he was popular at the time. Looking back‚ today‚ not so much. Ms. Strangeworth does make statement with her
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