Some people are very nice and innocent on the outside, but have a different side to them that nobody knows. That is the case for Miss Strangeworth from “The Possibility Of Evil” by Shirley Jackson. Miss Strangeworth has many sides to her and these are just a few, she is proud, controlling and believe it or not, cruel. Miss Strangeworth is a 71 year old woman that has lived in her house on Pleasant Street that her ancestors have also lived there generation after generation.
First off, Miss Strangeworth is very proud. She has lived in her small town her whole life. “This house right here. My family has lived here for one hundred years.” (Jackson, 1941, p.163). She has lived in that house on Pleasant street her whole life. She talks like she is the best thing that has ever happened to that town. “She knew everybody in town, of course, she was fond of telling strangers and tourists who sometimes passed through the town stopped to admire Miss Strangeworth's roses”. (Jackson, …show more content…
Miss Strangeworth is very controlling. Everywhere she goes she acts like she is the boss. Since she has been living on Pleasant street in the small town her entire life she thinks that she is the leader. Her grandparents did live there so she is pretty important to the town. At one point she was vouching the town to make a statue of her grandfather in the middle of the town. She is very manipulative, she tries to control everybody. She was having a conversation and something went wrong. She sprung into action like she was the king of the world, “ Well, apologize to her right now!” (Jackson, 1941, p.167). If Miss Strangeworth wanted something from somebody, they had no choice. If they wanted to say no, they couldn’t. “Imagine you’re forgetting I always buy my tea on tuesday .... a quarter pound of tea, please,” (Jackson, 1941, p.167). She told people what to do and if she wanted something, she got
First off, Miss Strangeworth is very proud. She has lived in her small town her whole life. “This house right here. My family has lived here for one hundred years.” (Jackson, 1941, p.163). She has lived in that house on Pleasant street her whole life. She talks like she is the best thing that has ever happened to that town. “She knew everybody in town, of course, she was fond of telling strangers and tourists who sometimes passed through the town stopped to admire Miss Strangeworth's roses”. (Jackson, …show more content…
Miss Strangeworth is very controlling. Everywhere she goes she acts like she is the boss. Since she has been living on Pleasant street in the small town her entire life she thinks that she is the leader. Her grandparents did live there so she is pretty important to the town. At one point she was vouching the town to make a statue of her grandfather in the middle of the town. She is very manipulative, she tries to control everybody. She was having a conversation and something went wrong. She sprung into action like she was the king of the world, “ Well, apologize to her right now!” (Jackson, 1941, p.167). If Miss Strangeworth wanted something from somebody, they had no choice. If they wanted to say no, they couldn’t. “Imagine you’re forgetting I always buy my tea on tuesday .... a quarter pound of tea, please,” (Jackson, 1941, p.167). She told people what to do and if she wanted something, she got