The Lottery

In the story, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, of what is Tess symbolic?

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Tess Hutchinson represents the oppression of women. Women are regulated to submissive roles. They cook; they clean; they take care of children. When Tessie holds the final paper with the black dot, it has to be forced out of her hands by her husband.

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The Lottery