Miss Strangeworth In The Possibility Of Evil By Shirley Jackson

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In the short story “The Possibility Of Evil” Shirley Jackson uses several symbols to tell her story about Miss Strangeworth. One symbol she uses is the letters that she writes to different people. Letters are suppose to be good, but she uses them for evil. She uses the letters to criticize people and make them feel bad. She walks in the night and mails it to them so they don’t notice that she is the one causing the problems. Another symbol she uses are the roses. She would use the roses so people would think that she is a nice old lady. People around the neighborhood thought that she was a good old lady. The roses meant everything to her, and she tourists would stop and enjoy them. It bothered her that people want to

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