TEXT OVERVIEW: “The Lottery”

The slip of paper that denotes the annual victim of the lottery is marked only by a single dark dot This mark looks like a spot, a blemish on

Symbols of the story · Mr Graves · Mr Graves is found to symbolize death · The Black Box · Theme and Symbolism · The black box suggests that the body of

the three musketeers and the queens diamond slot Three symbols in The Lottery that relate to the theme are the black box, the black mark on the slip of paper, and Mr Summer's name

the wild life slot machine In the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, the author employs symbolism as a key element to convey the theme of the dangers of blindly