Typically, the "bad guy" is easy to spot. He wears black, sneaks around in the shadows, and intention is to destroy. But maybe evil is hidden where it is least expected. Sometimes the blindfold that people become so accustomed to, must be removed to see the true corruption. In Shirley Jackson's "The Possibility of Evil" and "The Lottery," the author shows that evil is not always lurking in the shadows, but rather, in plain sight with an excellent disguise. In "The Possibility of Evil," Jackson shows evil to be almost invisible. For years Miss Strangeworth thinks she is helping to fix the wrong in her town by writing anonymous letters. due to the fact that her grandfather established the town, Miss Stangeworth believes that she has