Human Tragedy Under the Collective Unconsciousness
— An Interpretation of the Theme of Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery

Ni Wang

doi:10.18686/ahe.v7i1.7015

Human Tragedy Under the Collective Unconsciousness — An Interpretation of the Theme of Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery

Ni Wang

Abstract

Shirley Jackson has been one of the most popular horror writers in the United States since World War II. She is best known for her O Henry Award-winning novel The Lottery. This paper analyzes The Lottery from Jung’s collective unconscious theory to push human’s understanding of their mental structure into a more profound and extensive cultural and historical field. Based on this research, the author hopes that more people can do a more in-depth analysis of Shirley Jackson and The Lottery in the future.

Keywords

Shirley Jackson; Collective Unconsciousness; The Lottery

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i1.7015

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