Lamb To The Slaughter By Roald Dahl
In the story, “Lamb to the Slaughter”, by Roald Dahl, the atmosphere between a married couple, Patrick and Mary Mahoney, intensify after a brief shocking discussion, leading to Mary’s unexpected murder of her husband. Or so we, as readers, can assume, but was it really so sudden as it seems? To have the potential to kill, I believe Mary planned for this moment and perhaps was waiting for a right moment like this to do so.
The beginning of the story sets in a quiet home belonging to a senior police officer and his housewife who is also 6 months pregnant. Its quiet setting all changed when her husband came home with an unusual behavior that Mary couldn’t explain. After finding out why, she was in denial while retracing the steps to make supper,
The beginning of the story sets in a quiet home belonging to a senior police officer and his housewife who is also 6 months pregnant. Its quiet setting all changed when her husband came home with an unusual behavior that Mary couldn’t explain. After finding out why, she was in denial while retracing the steps to make supper,