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"Suddenly, Tessie Hutchinson shouted to Mr. Summers, 'You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair!'"(Jackson 5).
Tessie shouts out of fear for her family and herself and this shows the reader that the lottery is a scary thing for the people that it affects.

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"...speaking of planting and rain..."(Jackson 1).
This foreshadows the villager's motive to continue the lottery, believing that it will give them good crops if they keep killing someone once a year.

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Mrs. Delacroix selected a stone so large
she had to pick it up with both hands and turned to Mrs. Dunbar. “Come on,” she said. “Hurry up.”
After Tessie gets chosen for the lottery, there is barely any shock in the crowd. This shows that the people are used to this ritual and it has become more of a routine. They are numb to the brutal lottery.

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"The women, wearing faded house dresses and sweaters, came shortly after their menfolk."
The faded house dresses and sweaters can imply that the Lottery is not a very exciting event. It sets a dark and melancholic tone since the women are all dressed dully. When something is faded, it means that it has been used over and over again, which connects to how the lottery has been done repeatedly.

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"His father spoke up sharply..."(Jackson 1).
The father speaking sharply makes the reader understand that this event is serious and that there is a certain tension in the air.

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"...and sometimes it was set on a shelf in the Martin grocery and left there"(Jackson 2).
The people of the town leaving the box where its left is a clue to the lottery not being a good thing. If the lottery was a good thing then some people might want to take the box for themselves or maybe tamper with the box so that they won.

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"Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon" (Jackson 5). This could mean that the people believe that when they sacrifice someone through the lottery, they would be blessed with bountiful food, giving them a reason for carrying on with the lottery.

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"...men holding the small folded papers in their large hands, turning them over and over nervously" (Jackson 4).
Instead of being excited for the lottery, the mood of the people seem more scared and nervous. This foreshadows that something is not right or not as it seems.

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The name Hutchinson could be a reference to Anne Hutchinson, who was a religious and spiritual leader. This could be a relation into religion and how the lottery may be tied to religion.

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"The morning of June 27th..."(Jackson 1).
27 symbolically means "new beginnings" which shows how the town thinks of the lottery. It seems as if the town uses this day to celebrate the beginning of a new summer and kills someone to represent the new beginning.

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"The postmaster, Mr. Graves, followed him, carrying a three legged stool, and the stool was put in the center of the square..."(Jackson 2).
The three legged stool symbolically represents the "birth, life, and death" cycle. This connects to the lottery event in the story because the completion of the birth, life, and death cycle occurs on the same day as the stool's use.

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"The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o’clock..."(Jackson 1).
The symbolic meaning of 10 is "the completion of a cycle". This represents the end of Tessie Hutchinson's life at the end of the story.

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"Tessie"
The name Tessie means "late summer". Summer symbolizes optimism, future, and joy, but since the name Tessie means late summer, it means it is the end of the optimism and joy. Tessie gets chosen for the lottery and will eventually die, making it the end of her future.

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"Dickie Delacroix"
Delacroix means "of the cross" in French. The message behind the cross is that forgiveness takes sacrifice. This could mean that the sacrifice has religious ties.