Essay Archive - Symbolism Use In: "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Lottery"
Symbolism Use In: "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Lottery"
The authors, Shirley Jackson and Nathaniel Hawthorne, both frequently use
symbols within their stories "The Lottery" and "Young Goodman Brown." Symbols
are utilized as an enhancement tool to stress the theme of each story. Hawthorne
uses names and objects to enhance the theme, and Jackson mainly utilizes names
to stress the theme, although she does have one object as a symbol of great
importance to the theme. The stories both contain symbols describing evil. The
majority of Hawthorne's symbols describe....
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