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Comparing 'Lamb To The Slaughter And The Necklace'
The story "The Necklace" has more situational irony in my opinion then the story "Lamb to the Slaughter" which has less situational irony. Both of the stories have situational irony, but "The Necklace" tells more of a good story then "Lamb to the Slaughter." They all both good stories. The stories "Lamb to the Slaughter" and "The Necklace" both had good meanings. "The Necklace" tells a better story because the story explained how the main character which was Mathilde and she was very spoiled and she was very greedy. She was never satisfied of what she has been given. She would always ask for more from her husband and she was middle class, but she would always say she was poor. "She had no evening clothes, no jewels, nothing. But those

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