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The Possibility of Evil: Seminar Presentations

The Possibility of Evil: Seminar Presentations. Rose Janvier Kierra Kilgoe Tyiana Clark. Author’s Background. Born in December 14,1916 in San Francisco California Died in August 8 1965 (48 years old) Married Stanley Edgar Hyman She had four children Laurence, Joanne, Sarah, and Barry

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The Possibility of Evil: Seminar Presentations

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  1. The Possibility of Evil: Seminar Presentations Rose Janvier KierraKilgoe Tyiana Clark

  2. Author’s Background • Born in December 14,1916 in San Francisco California • Died in August 8 1965 (48 years old) • Married Stanley Edgar Hyman • She had four children Laurence, Joanne, Sarah, and Barry • 1966- received the “mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Short Story: The possibility of Evil

  3. Author’s Other Work • The Lottery • The Haunting of Hill house • Life Among the savages

  4. Précis • The story is about miss Andela Strangewoth being two-faced throughout the story.

  5. Setting • Pleasant Street in her ancestral home • Over two days period • Summer time

  6. Characters • Miss Andela Strangewoth: appear caring and polite • Tommy Lewis: Strange worth's high school sweetheart. • Martha Harper: She is sick • Helen Crane: mother of a six month old • Miss chandler: The librarian

  7. Point of View • Third person • Outside source telling the story.

  8. Plot Structure • Narrative Hook: Her beautiful roses • Exposition: Her duty to protect as the only Strangeworth left • Rising Action: She kept her noses in everybody business. • Climax: when the boy found the letters • Falling Action: She receives a letter • Resolution: Her roses, her most precious items were destroyed.

  9. Theme • Sometimes the only trouble people have with business is minding their own. • The impossible goal of perfection. • People with two faces

  10. Quotes • “There wouldn’t have been a town here if it hadn’t been for my grandfather and the lumber mill”

  11. Special Topic • Aristotle Golden Mean

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