In the short story The “Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson uses several symbols to tell how these specific things represents Ms. Strangeworth’s character. For instance, Ms. Strangeworth contains a garden full of roses, these roses mean the absolute world to her. Ms. Strangeworth treats her roses as if they were her children. She tends to them daily and make sure that they never enter harm's way. Another symbol Jackson used for Ms. Strangeworth, the letters she wrote to the citizens of Pleasant Street. When Ms. Strangeworth writes these letters she claims that she is trying to keep Pleasant Street clean. In a way Ms. strangeworth sees herself as God, she thinks she should control everything. Jackson used Ms. Strangeworth house to represent