I also chose a play from Shakespeare called Romeo and Juliet. In this play there are two households, the Capulets and Montagues, that are enemies. They fight with each other because of an ancient grudge. However, no one knows why there is a grudge in the first place. So they keep on fighting and being enemies because that’s how it has always been. In The Lottery the same thing occurs. The villagers conduct the lottery every year, no questions asked, because that’s how it has always been. In both situations they accept it and follow the “tradition”, until it affects them. For example, Tess Hutchinson participated in the tradition of the lottery until she was picked to be sacrificed. Only then did she open her eyes to the horrible reality of the tradition. The same goes for Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. He accepted the fact that Capulets and Montagues were enemies, that’s why he went to crash the Capulet party in the first place, before he met Juliet. When he fell in love and came to know she was from the Capulet family, he then realized that the ancient grudge was not worth fighting for. Link for online version of Romeo and Juliet:
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