Symbolism and irony are extremely present in The Lottery. This story represents the importance of social standards and classes in a society. Although the story takes place in what appears to be the 1950’s time period, the prevalence of social status is still an important part of society today. In our time, who you know or how much money you are worth can most certainly get you out of many delicate, life altering situations. This …showed first 75 words of 850 total…

…showed last 75 words of 850 total…that we hear uttered from Tessie’s lips. She will now be forever silenced by her fate as being the unlucky winner of an archaic tradition, she can look on the bright side though, her death will bring a great corn crop. In the end, we see Mr. Summers as the symbol of power as corruption, the lottery itself as a symbol of morbid folklore, and Tessie as the symbol of the punished, questioning female.