Shirley Jacksons The Lottery and Kate Chopins The Story of an Hour Es

Shirley Jacksons The Lottery and Kate Chopins The stage of an arcminuteThe Lottery by Shirley Jackson, and The Story of the Hour by Kate Chopin, both have similarities and differences when it comes to the elements of literature. Particularly, when the germs use predict to see to it the moods of the stories and add irony to cleverly deceive the reader. Both of these stories possess similarities and differences when it comes to their components of the story, specifically the authors usage of elements of mood and the tone of irony. In Shirley Jacksons The Lottery, irony is a major(ip) theme. This story is about a town full of elitist snobs that are stuck on their tradition of a lottery, even though it is a grim rite and rather detrimental to the people in the town. The characters are honoring a tradition that is handed down to them from former generations. The reader is led with the outwardly normal and charming little village, and is taken on a ride of ironic horror as they slow ly grasp the annual fate of one the village?s inhabitants. The title ?The Lottery? implies a contest with a master of some kind, like a sweepstakes. When in reality the winner is actually the loser or person that exit die by stoning. At the beginning of this story, the main character, Mrs. Hutchinson, is in respect of the lottery. The atmosphere of the town is casual yet anxious. Mrs. Hutchinson arrives late because she ?clean forgot? what daylighttime it is. This seems quite impossible to any reader that anyone would forget a day like lottery day. Her procrastination is reasonable but her excuse is lame. Mrs. Hutchinson complains that her husband, Bill, ?didn?t have enough time to choose.? And that the results of the drawing were not fair. In these statements, she is implying that the new(prenominal) villagers had more time to choose, and in fact given an advantage everyplace the Hutchinson family. In reality, time had little to do with the drawing of the ?slips of paper.? As short as they hold the second drawing, Mrs. Hutchinson is chosen. This is the climax of irony of this story. Mrs. Hutchinson is chosen for the lottery. She is take aback and astounded, having believed that she couldn?t possibly be chosen for the lottery. She begs or mercy, but the town are strict with keeping to their traditions and her pleas of mercy fall on deaf ears and she is stoned to death. ?... ...the mention of her health. However, in ?The Lottery? the reader knows that something bad go away eventually happen, but the reader has no idea who the ill-fated winner is going to be. I feel that ?The Story of an Hour? is a conk out example of the elements of irony and foreshadowing than ?The Lottery.? In ?The Story of an Hour? the author uses a writing style that is well-off to follow and simple to understand. The plot of land is orderly and follows a sequential order of events. The imagery is vivid, but is it easy to understand and doesn?t confuse the reader. ?The Lott ery? was not an adequate story. The foreshadowing was presented in an irksome fashion, and the language confused and baffled me. ?The Lottery? was toilsome to follow, and I was unable to understand anything about it until I had completed the story. In closing, I feel that Kate Chopin did a superb job with ?The Story of an Hour? in reaching her audience on a level that do it simple to understand her story and to have a sense of perceptive knowledge of how the story would end. Works CitedJackson, Shirley. The Lottery. The Harper Anthology of Fiction. Ed Sylvan Barnet. wise York HarperCollins, 1986. 862-868