Use of symbolism in the “Jury” and “Lottery” is to create a direct meaningful image of what that symbol represents and means. In “Jury” they use the symbol of a canary is a symbol of Minnie’s life before being married and a bird cage to represent Her life now being married to her husband. In “Lottery” they use the symbol the black box meaning a tradition that they follow but do not follow how it used to be long time ago. The reader will know that symbol is important in the story and get a more of an understanding behind what it means. Symbolism is used in both the Jury and Lottery, but Jury is more effective.
In “Jury”, Susan Glaspell uses the canary and the bird cage as important symbolism that has important meaning behind them. The canary …show more content…
The black box represents a tradition this village has been doing for years, somehow it has gotten lost along the way. The tradition is fading away from this village like how the box is starting to look like. “The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago.” (140) The black box has broken pieces from other previous boxes, “there was a story that the present box had been made with some pieces of the box that had preceded it.” (141) The box was very old, faded, and worn down from doing the tradition every year. “Mr. Summers spoke to the village about making a new box but every year after the subject was allowed to fade off without anything being done.” (140) The village is the only village left still following this tradition, many have stopped a while ago. The ballots that were used in the lottery were pieces of paper. The village before had used wood chips. “Mr. Summers had been successful in having slips of papers substitutes for the wood chips that had been used for generations.” (140) The ceremony of the stoning tradition “people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank.” (139) It takes “the lottery two days” and is in June. (139) The symbol shows how people will follow a tradition blindly. “There used to be a saying the lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.” (142) Which means they need to get it done with so …show more content…
There are two symbols used in the jury the canary and the birdcage. The first one the canary is used to show the readers her life before being married. Minnie was as free as a bird before being married, she was so pretty, she used to sing like a bird. The birdcage used is showing the reader that it is Minnie’s life being married. Minnie was trapped by her husband and their marriage She let herself go being tied down and it really changed her for the worst. You can understand the meaning of both symbols used. The writer is very clear on the meaning behind the symbols are. When reading the story, you can imagine what Minnie used to be like and the changes Minnie went through being married. In the lottery the symbol the black box, it is hard to get out that the meaning of it is a tradition and that people follow blindly to it. In the story the black box was not represented well enough to understand that. It is not clear on the meaning behind it and you cannot imagine that is what the black box was used for. The black box could have many other meaning behind it or used for something else. The writer in the lottery does not explain that well so you are left wondering and guessing about the symbol
In “Jury”, Susan Glaspell uses the canary and the bird cage as important symbolism that has important meaning behind them. The canary …show more content…
The black box represents a tradition this village has been doing for years, somehow it has gotten lost along the way. The tradition is fading away from this village like how the box is starting to look like. “The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago.” (140) The black box has broken pieces from other previous boxes, “there was a story that the present box had been made with some pieces of the box that had preceded it.” (141) The box was very old, faded, and worn down from doing the tradition every year. “Mr. Summers spoke to the village about making a new box but every year after the subject was allowed to fade off without anything being done.” (140) The village is the only village left still following this tradition, many have stopped a while ago. The ballots that were used in the lottery were pieces of paper. The village before had used wood chips. “Mr. Summers had been successful in having slips of papers substitutes for the wood chips that had been used for generations.” (140) The ceremony of the stoning tradition “people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank.” (139) It takes “the lottery two days” and is in June. (139) The symbol shows how people will follow a tradition blindly. “There used to be a saying the lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.” (142) Which means they need to get it done with so …show more content…
There are two symbols used in the jury the canary and the birdcage. The first one the canary is used to show the readers her life before being married. Minnie was as free as a bird before being married, she was so pretty, she used to sing like a bird. The birdcage used is showing the reader that it is Minnie’s life being married. Minnie was trapped by her husband and their marriage She let herself go being tied down and it really changed her for the worst. You can understand the meaning of both symbols used. The writer is very clear on the meaning behind the symbols are. When reading the story, you can imagine what Minnie used to be like and the changes Minnie went through being married. In the lottery the symbol the black box, it is hard to get out that the meaning of it is a tradition and that people follow blindly to it. In the story the black box was not represented well enough to understand that. It is not clear on the meaning behind it and you cannot imagine that is what the black box was used for. The black box could have many other meaning behind it or used for something else. The writer in the lottery does not explain that well so you are left wondering and guessing about the symbol