Lamb To The Slaughter Essays

The Lamb to the slaughter story is about a couple who seemingly had a happy marriage. Until one day her husband comes home and discovers that the marriage is over. Incensed, she hits him over the head with a frozen leg of lamb! She is particularly concerned about the consequences …

There is a great play on words in the title as it could be perceived two ways, either, in the way that a lamb goes to slaughter to be killed and this is what happens to Mr Maloney. Also, he is killed with a leg of lamb and this could …

From studying The Signalman by Charles Dickens and Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl, you can see noticeable differences between Pre-20th century and 20th century texts. Charles Dickens and Roald Dahl were both influential writers in their time; this is why I have chosen to study them. It’s interesting …

The novel ‘The Lamb to the Slaughter’ is about a woman called Mary Maloney who is six months pregnant, with her husband’s baby. She kills her husband Patrick Maloney who is a detective with a frozen lamb leg by striking him on the back of his head because he had …

Roald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter is the story of a loyal’s wife reaction to her husband’s betrayal, using the rhetorical devices of dramatic irony, dark humor and foreshadowing. Throughout, the story you follow an abnormal day in Mary Maloney very wonted life. She makes the day abnormal by murdering …

“Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl was a very enjoyable and witty short story. The story revolves around Mary Maloney, the loving wife of respected policeman Patrick Maloney. Life is bliss for the couple until one day when Patrick announces that he is leaving Mary. Mary kills Patrick and …

The short story I have chosen is lamb to the slaughter by Roald Dahl. I have chosen this short story because I like crime and mystery stories. There are many themes in lamb to the slaughter but the two that have caught my attention are “what goes around comes around” …

In the story ‘Lamb to the slaughter’ by Roald Dahl, Mary Maloney is an ideal, dedicated, very caring and a loving wife whose world simply revolves around her husband, Patrick. Her only concern and desire in life is to keep her husband happy. She is madly in love with him. …