"There are wheels within wheels in this village and fires within fires<span>." Explain this quote from The Crucible. accessteacher | Certified Educator. The quote in this question comes from Act I and is said by Mrs. Putnam when she is arguing with Rebecca about the cause and the reason for her many miscarriages.</span>
Is there not any choice of words to put in the empty boxes? Bc u should bc I don’t think it’s likely u and ur teacher are gonna think the same words
Answer:
This seems to reveal that the original purpose of the lottery was to offer a human sacrifice to ensure a good harvest.
Explanation:
"The Lottery" is a short story by author Shirley Jackson. Every June, in a rural village, someone is picked through a lottery. Instead of winning a prize, that person is stoned to death by the other villagers.
<u>Not much is said to reveal when this custom began or why. The hint of its original purpose is given by the character Old Man Warner, a proud survivor of 76 lotteries. Old Man Warner criticizes the towns and cities that have given up on the lottery. He'd rather keep his blind faith and tradition. He is the one who says, "Used to be a saying about 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.'" This line reveals the lottery probably started as a way to provide human sacrifice to ensure a good harvest. It was so long ago that the villagers have forgotten such a purpose, keeping the lottery going simply out of habit.</u>
To begin with, Romanticism developed as a reaction to the neoclassical or Augustan movement in literature as well as in reaction against the Enlightment.
Neoclassical considered the role of the writer or artist as one of cultural transmission and craftsmanship, working within a society and expressing its ideals.
The Enlightenment thinkers strongly believed in rationality and science. They believed that the natural world and even human behavior could be explained scientifically. They also considered that they could use the scientific method to improve human society.
On the other hand, the Romantics rejected the notion of reason and science. They viewed the scientific worldview as cold and sterile. Theybelieved that science and material progress result in a lack of humanity. Instead of reason, the Romantics exalted emotions as well as feelings. They considered intuition and emotions as important sources of knowledge.
