Everybody needs some motivation
The reason a character acts a certain way is called?
What is character motivation?
Who is the main character?
Who is Miss Strangeworth.
How do people see Miss Strangeworth at first?
What is kind and respectful
What do the roses symbolize?
What is Pride/beauty/identity
What is irony?
What is when something happens that is different from what is expected
Name one way to figure out motivation.
What is Actions or thoughts or dialogue
What does she secretly do?
What is write anonymous letters.
What does she believe her role is?
What is to protect the town from evil.
What happens to the roses?
What is they were destroyed
What type of irony is shown when Miss Strangeworth believes she is helping but is actually hurting people?
What is situational irony.
Why is motivation important to the plot?
What is it explains why events happen
What does she grow?
What is roses.
Is Miss Strangeworth reliable or unreliable?
What is Unreliable
What theme is shown when she appears kind but is harmful?
What is appearances can be deceiving
What is tone?
What is the author’s attitude toward the subject or characters
Why might two characters have different motivations for doing the same action?
What is each character has different experiences, feelings, goals, or pressures influencing their choices
What mistake does she make?
What is she drops a letter.
Why does she write the letters?
What is she believes she is helping/protecting people.
What is the “true evil” in the story?
iss Strangeworth’s actions/words
How does the tone change from the beginning to the end of the story?
What is a shift from calm and peaceful to tense and unsettling.
What is the relationship between character motivation and conflict in a story?
What is character motivation drives the conflict because what a character wants or fears leads to the problems and struggles they face in the story.
What happens at the end?
What is her roses are destroyed
How do her motivations lead to her downfall?
What is her actions hurt others, causing them to turn against her
How does the title The Possibility of Evil connect to the theme of the story?
What is the title suggests that evil can exist anywhere, even in ordinary people, which is shown through Miss Strangeworth’s actions despite her respectable appearance.
How does the author use contrast between Miss Strangeworth’s public behavior and her private actions to develop the story’s message?
What is the contrast shows that although she appears kind and respectable in public, her secret actions are harmful, reinforcing the idea that people are not always what they seem.