Coelho’s The Devil and Miss Prym and Jackson’s “The Lottery” illustrate the consequence of choice as well as fate in order to condemn the human nature to promote uniformity within a society. In The Devil and Miss Prym, a stranger comes to the town of Viscos and temps the citizens to commit murder in order to achieve wealth. The book follows Miss Prym has she struggles with the choice between good and evil as she becomes influential in the town despite her lack of status and her dreams to escape. On the other hand, fate decides who dies in Jackson’s “The Lottery.” The ominous drawing of the lottery illustrates individual reactions to societies standards as Mrs. Hutchinson speaks out against the tradition, yet fate has her suffer at
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Once the stranger arrives inThe Devil and Miss Prym, the town’s usual enthusiasm occurs, yet the town initially objects to the change of order and tradition of angelic behavior that the stranger presents. Similarly, some hope for change: “‘They do say,’ Mr. Adams said to Old Man Warner, who stood next to him, ‘that over in the north village they 're talking of giving up the lottery’” (Jackson), yet nothing happens. Hence, both texts illustrate the Circle Archetype that depicts an unchanging society despite the consequences and lack of growth. In The Devil and Miss Prym, the stranger’s temptation of gold for murder the influence of the devil becomes apparent as trickery comes into play for the town’s instinct of primitivism. In the same way, the lottery continues to exist out of habit; “‘There 's always been a lottery’” (Jackson), thereby illustrating the temptation to follow tradition despite the clear moral objections. The devil like actions of temptation and rationalizing evil appear in both texts as the “hero” proposes acting morally through discussing the consequence of guilty. Miss Prym interrupts the meeting to kill Berta with a speech, and Tessie Hutchinson exclaims, “ 'It isn 't fair’” (Jackson), thereby instilling guilt for the immortal action of murder for personal gain. Through the the archetypes of good versus evil, …show more content…
The effects of privatism was abundantly clear through the text when the fight of morality was present hence each piece thoughtfully discusses morality in the sense of
Once the stranger arrives inThe Devil and Miss Prym, the town’s usual enthusiasm occurs, yet the town initially objects to the change of order and tradition of angelic behavior that the stranger presents. Similarly, some hope for change: “‘They do say,’ Mr. Adams said to Old Man Warner, who stood next to him, ‘that over in the north village they 're talking of giving up the lottery’” (Jackson), yet nothing happens. Hence, both texts illustrate the Circle Archetype that depicts an unchanging society despite the consequences and lack of growth. In The Devil and Miss Prym, the stranger’s temptation of gold for murder the influence of the devil becomes apparent as trickery comes into play for the town’s instinct of primitivism. In the same way, the lottery continues to exist out of habit; “‘There 's always been a lottery’” (Jackson), thereby illustrating the temptation to follow tradition despite the clear moral objections. The devil like actions of temptation and rationalizing evil appear in both texts as the “hero” proposes acting morally through discussing the consequence of guilty. Miss Prym interrupts the meeting to kill Berta with a speech, and Tessie Hutchinson exclaims, “ 'It isn 't fair’” (Jackson), thereby instilling guilt for the immortal action of murder for personal gain. Through the the archetypes of good versus evil, …show more content…
The effects of privatism was abundantly clear through the text when the fight of morality was present hence each piece thoughtfully discusses morality in the sense of