Pyschoanlaysis Criticism
IRLIANY 2225160007 16 SAS C Final Test of Literary Criticism Psychoanalysis Criticism: Family Representations in The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson first published The Lottery in print a few years after the end of World War II, specifically in 1948. As the readers were still shaken by the appalling World War II, then this work can be classified as a horror story no matter whether it was fact or mere fiction only. The magazine where this story appeared, New Yorker, declared that The Lottery was the best short story of the 20th century and generated hundred written responses than any others magazine short stories had ever published. And yes, she was very successful in making the readers confused and wondering where such lotteries were held that they could go and watch by themselves about this brutal ancient rite. All of the bewilderments are rooted from the storyline that was written with various unexpected symbolism and the...