The setting in Lamb to the Slaughter is around the 1950’s in the afternoon. The location is in the man's house after he comes home from work. The house has a cozy, serene, and warm feeling. The characters in Lamb to the Slaughter are the police, Mary Maloney, and Patrick Maloney. In Lamb to the Slaughter, the conflict is that Patrick is vigilant in trying to get a divorce, so the solution is that Mary hits him with a leg of lamb and when she hits him, it kills him.
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