Why might shirley jackson’s short story "the lottery" have beenunpopular with so many readers when it was first published in the new yorker in 1948? select all answers that apply. the use of an idyllic rural setting in a small village juxtaposed with ruthless violence was unsettling to many people. 1)the use of an idyllic rural setting in a small village juxtaposed with ruthless violence was unsettling to many people. 2)many people believed that shirley jackson was not a good writer. 3)the notion that violence and brutality are permissible if they are part of a long-standing tradition was unsettling and even offensive to many people. 4)most people in new york were not fans of short stories as they preferred to read novels. 5)the idea that a woman could actually be killed was unbelievable and outrageous in 1948.

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agamemnon was the leader of the greek troops in the trojan wars and orestes was his son. when agamemnon returned from the war, he was murdered by his wife's lover in conjunction with his wife. orestes could not stop them but he seeked vengeance for his father. after a long time, he found them and avenged his father while killing them. he killed his mother, but greek mythology claims that his act was just and he was spared the remorse and the guilt. there are a lot of similarities with the ulysses/telemachus father son pair. ulysses was also one of the leaders of the excursion to troy. he still has not returned home, but in a sense the suitors of penelope are marring his estate and his reputation. while penelope is faithful to ulysses, the suitors by taking hold of the palace and committing their shameful acts are dishonoring ulysses. in the same context, telemachus is asked just like orestes to restitution his father's honor, regardless of whether he is alive or dead. athena is him and encouraging him with this example and he himself feels the need to save his father