Lamb To The Slaughter By Roald Dahl

The short story “Lamb to the slaughter” is about a woman named Mary who kills her husband for telling her he is leaving her. The characters both portray certain emotions that change from specific events in the story. The author, Roald Dahl, carefully chooses words to convey to the reader the changing emotions of the characters. Mary is the wife of Patrick who is content with their marriage. Patrick and her both follow a routine until Patrick tells her some news. Mary, unable to cope with the news, becomes unable to “feel anything except a slight sickness”(Dahl, 2). Mary in her confusion kills Patrick and the situation becomes very intense with words such as “extraordinary” and “thinking very fast” (Dahl, 2). Mary, from the experience,