In 1948, Shirley Jackson wrote a popular story called "The Lottery." In the story, a town holds a drawing every spring that everyone must enter. No one knows where the tradition came from. When it is time for the lottery, the town has a large celebration. Then, everyone must draw a slip of paper. The person who draws a slip of paper with a black dot must be sacrificed. Which details in this contemporary story were likely influenced by the story of Theseus and the Minotaur? Check all that apply. holding a yearly drawing having a large celebration not knowing where a tradition came from using the color black to indicate the unlucky winner sacrificing people from the town every year

Theseus and the Minotaur is part of Greek mythology and it tells the story if King Minos, king of Crete, who kept the Minotaur in a maze. King Minos demanded seven young people -from Athens- every year so they the Minotaur could be fed. After some time, Theseus, son of the King of Athens, asked his father why people were sent every year and no one saw them back; his father mentions that they served as food for the Minotaur, so they were sacrificed. Another possible match between Shirley Jackson's story and the Greek myth, is that Theseus was given some black sails by his father, hoping to see them changed for some white ones when Theseus would come back, on the other hand, Theseus is not a winer but a volunteer.