Drama is created by conflict and suspense. Both are easily identified in "The Lottery".
The types of conflict involved in this story are man vs. society (every individual is potentially against the society, but in this case, Tessie Hutchinson ended up as the man), and man vs. system/rule/ritual... whatever you might want to define this as, but we see Tess in conflict with the ritual of the lottery.
Suspense is built as Tessie arrives late. I do find it ironic that she seems more nervous than the others and then ends up being the one. She criticizes the lottery before she is stoned.
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