justice was when Bob Crane retaliated by sending a letter to Mrs. Strangeworth stating‚ “Look out at what used to be your roses (Jackson‚ 228).” That is an effective way to serve justice because the roses symbolized her families tradition and therefore have deep moral value in her life. Bob Crane gets revenge for the wrongs Mrs. Strangeworth has committed against him‚ hence justice is served. Moreover Mrs. Strangeworth gets a taste of her own medicine. When she looked at the letters she
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Mrs. Foster stepped into the elevator and gave Miss Strangeworth a nod. Miss Strangeworth glance at her with embarrassment‚ knowing that that was the first time people had ever seen her after the operation. Without saying a word‚ she quietly turned and looked sideways. It had been two months since her transgressions circulated around the town. When she was about to sigh‚ the cart started shaking unexpectedly. Most of the elevator lights flickered and went off eventually. They could barely see each
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to privacy‚ but the lack of it leaves one to wonder. However‚ the “The Possibility of Evil” tells of Ms. Strangeworth existing with this disinhibition effect and follows her doing her ‘normal’ tasks throughout a day. Even though she gets caught in the end‚ the disinhibition effect is still there within her. The two can be used to show that Miss Strangeworth is in fact a bully. Miss Strangeworth suffers‚ to some extent‚ dissociative anonymity. Dissociative anonymity works well with the disinhibition
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Jackson’s story‚ “The Possibility of Evil‚” is told from the perspective of a 71-year old lady named Adela Strangeworth. Miss Strangeworth is an old woman who has lived in this town all her life. Miss Strangeworth’s character can be analyzed by considering what she does‚ what the narrator says about her‚ and how other characters interact with her. Throughout‚ “The Possibility of Evil‚” Miss Strangeworth says and does things that leads the reader to think a certain way about her character. A word that describes
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evil? Can we stop it‚ and if so‚ are we obligated to? Before we speak about the obligation of the normal person to stop evil‚ we have to understand what evil is. Evil is what a person accepts it as true; this can be seen in the story inside Miss Strangeworth. She does not believe her letters create problems rather than solve them. And that in another person’s eyes‚ she can be perceived as evil. The other big question was‚ is she obliged to stop the evil that is happening in the community‚ and how is
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The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson is about an elderly lady named Ms Strangeworth‚ who believes that it is her responsibility to keep her town from ‘evil’. Ms Strangeworth tends to her roses daily‚ making sure they are as perfect as they could be. However never letting anyone take them; saying they “belong on Pleasant Street”. After completing a few errands‚ Ms Strangeworth finds herself in a conversation with Helen Crane: a newly wed woman with a six-month old baby. They speak a few minutes
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Evil” by Shirley Jackson‚ Miss Strangeworth has that evil in her and it is expressed through her age‚ education‚ and personal ambition. First‚ in the physiology section the reader can learn that Miss Strangeworth acts the way she does because of her old age. In the short story‚ Miss Strangeworth does say that she is seventy-one years old multiple times. One of the examples is when the tourist asked how old she was and she said “she was seventy-one‚ Miss Strangeworth told the tourist‚” (204). The
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I will be responding to the validity and development of the theme‚ and the symbolism used. Firstly‚ the theme I find the most prominent within the story is simply that people are not always as they seem. This story revolves around Miss Strangeworth‚ who is portrayed in the beginning as a lovely old lady who everyone in the town loves dearly. “When she came into the grocery‚ half a dozen people turned away from shelves and the counters to wave at her or call out good morning”‚ (Jackson‚ 223)
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Miss Strangeworth’s garden is referenced to many times throughout the story. The roses are a great symbolism to Miss Strangeworth herself. Just like a rose’s soft‚ pretty petals‚ Miss Strangeworth appears to be a nice‚ elderly woman. Just like a rose secretly has sharp thorns‚ Miss Strangeworth has her pointed side as well. The roses are also a parallel to Miss Strangeworth in the end. Those being destroyed just like her reputation in the town is. The foreshadowing starts in the very beginning
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reader expects Miss Strangeworths’ letters to go through the mail and be delivered to her victims. The young Harris boy finds one of the letters on the ground and says‚ “She dropped a letter addressed to Don Crane. Might as well take it to him” (Jackson‚ 228). Miss Strangeworth accidentally drops one of her letters. Mr. Crane receives the letter and is told by the Harris boy that it is from Miss Strangeworth. Due to the context of the letter‚ the reader expects Miss Strangeworth to be confronted
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