Why do the townspeople agree to take part in the lottery and turn against each other? Do you think their willingness to take part in the lottery makes them bad people? Why or why not? Can you think of any real-world examples where people have done bad things for what they believed to be a greater good?

This is a surreal story that is full of irony. The people participate because they are entrenched in a tradition that they do not understand. They take part because it is expected and nobody seems to challenge the bizarre social norms. The people are not bad people rather than misdirected and rather creepy.

Explanation:

- "is not only a luminous passive watcher in the night sky, but it is a powerful force.

it does symbolizes love,   lust   and dreaming and is seen as a power symbolic force that determines and affects human behaviors and reactions.

in the context of the question it does remain you that he events are only taking place at night and the reader of the passage of time."

answer: the prince warns the 2 families that if they get into another fight they will be put to death