Human Beings Are Depraved Creatures: The Lottery and Tell-Tale Heart Proves It
“Lions and tigers and bears, Oh my!” In the story, “The Wizard of Oz”, the character “Dorothy” was afraid of the animals of the forest on her trip to Oz, but in reality, humans can be far more frightening than nature’s beast. In the stories “Tale-Tell Heart”, by Edgar Allen Poe and “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, the characters prove that men can be morally and ethically corrupt. Whether driven by a cruel tradition or just mentally unstable, when humans are in control of one another, they almost ALWAYS, choose mistreatment, sometimes to the extreme of murder. “The Tale-Tell Heart” and “The Lottery”, shows how human beings are depraved, sometimes through traditions …show more content…
“And this I did for seven nights--every night just at midnight—but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye (Poe 387).” For seven nights he schemed, while the old man was sleeping. He eventually went through with his plan of murdering “the old man,” and even went as far as to mutilate his body and plant it under the floorboards, all because he was bothered by “the old man’s” eye. This showed a depraved man who is obviously, mentally …show more content…
The winner of the lottery, “Tessie Hutchinson’s” own husband, didn’t even hesitate to give up his wife. “Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand. It had a black spot on it, the black spot Mr. Summers had made the night before with the heavy pencil in the coal company office. Bill Hutchinson held it up, and there was a stir in the crowd (Jackson 7).” The crowd became excited after seeing the “black spot” on “Tessie’s” slip of paper. It seemed so normal, some were in a hurry to get it done, again with no regard to the life they were about to take. “All right, folks." Mr. Summers said. "Let's finish quickly (Jackson 7)." And finally, “Tessie” was ignored when she challenged the fairness or morality of the results. "It isn't fair," she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head (Jackson 7).” When overcome by traditions, humans don’t question the morality of their actions because it seems normal, even if the tradition is depraved in
“Lions and tigers and bears, Oh my!” In the story, “The Wizard of Oz”, the character “Dorothy” was afraid of the animals of the forest on her trip to Oz, but in reality, humans can be far more frightening than nature’s beast. In the stories “Tale-Tell Heart”, by Edgar Allen Poe and “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, the characters prove that men can be morally and ethically corrupt. Whether driven by a cruel tradition or just mentally unstable, when humans are in control of one another, they almost ALWAYS, choose mistreatment, sometimes to the extreme of murder. “The Tale-Tell Heart” and “The Lottery”, shows how human beings are depraved, sometimes through traditions …show more content…
“And this I did for seven nights--every night just at midnight—but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye (Poe 387).” For seven nights he schemed, while the old man was sleeping. He eventually went through with his plan of murdering “the old man,” and even went as far as to mutilate his body and plant it under the floorboards, all because he was bothered by “the old man’s” eye. This showed a depraved man who is obviously, mentally …show more content…
The winner of the lottery, “Tessie Hutchinson’s” own husband, didn’t even hesitate to give up his wife. “Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand. It had a black spot on it, the black spot Mr. Summers had made the night before with the heavy pencil in the coal company office. Bill Hutchinson held it up, and there was a stir in the crowd (Jackson 7).” The crowd became excited after seeing the “black spot” on “Tessie’s” slip of paper. It seemed so normal, some were in a hurry to get it done, again with no regard to the life they were about to take. “All right, folks." Mr. Summers said. "Let's finish quickly (Jackson 7)." And finally, “Tessie” was ignored when she challenged the fairness or morality of the results. "It isn't fair," she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head (Jackson 7).” When overcome by traditions, humans don’t question the morality of their actions because it seems normal, even if the tradition is depraved in