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According to the context that Jackson gives in her story, the black box has been the symbol of the lottery since before the oldest man in town,

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the queen''s banquet slot The papers' blankness suggests the simplicity of the lottery; the emptiness implies a mindless obedience to a tradition long followed but now perhaps

the casket lottery During the lottery a stool is put in the middle of the square and the black box is set upon it The stool symbolizes support of the tradition of the lottery