A number of symbolic connotation can be located in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson.
for example Mr.graves his symbolic connotation is that he is the bringer of death. in one of the articles it states “ Mr.graves helps Joe Summers prepare the slips of paper that will send one of the residents to his or her graves. “ it describes that Mr. Graves is the one that sets up the lottery so someone could be sent to their grave. Symbolism Is like something that describes someone or something. For example the black box it symbolizes that the box is evil and it brings death. it could mean so many things. The Lottery this is a story about how a town / village come together at their town square and begin their tradition of the lottery but this isnt just any kind of lottery this is the lottery where it chooses who gets to…show more content… this describes Mr.summers that he is a hypocrite . and that he shows something else , but in reality he is the death holder. Mr.Graves is the bringer of death he is the one who does the lottery he is the the one who arranges it and how it goes he is the one who brings people to their graves there is a reason why they call him Mr.Graves because he bring people to their graves The black lottery box symbolises life, death , and evil the color of the box represents evil or death and its been a tradition for a long time because of how worn out the box is. The stool represents the christian trinity Father the Son And the holy Spirit but the stool can represent in a manifold of ways it represent the faith of people in the crowd. the stool also represents faith because the stool is the one holding up the black box which holds the slip with the black dot which someone is going to pick out and lead to their
