"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 does her best to cover up her crime. Roald Dahl uses tension‚ surprising contrasts and twists to create an engaging short story. Tension is an integral technique used by Dahl in "Lamb to the Slaughter" that helps
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There are many things that the author Roald Dahl puts in his stories to make them scary of creepy. In the story “The Landlady” the lady some how knew that Billy was going to stay at the bed and breakfast place. She had the room ready and everything was ready for Billy but he never told them he was coming so the lady some how knew he was going to come. In the story it said “He pressed the doorbell. Far away in a back room he heard it ring and then at once it must of been at once because he did not
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Sherlock Holmes is known to solve very hard mysteries that almost nobody can solve. But in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mystery story‚ “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”‚ he solved one mystery that nobody would have expected for who have caused it. Holmes figures out Dr. Roylott had caused Julia’s death. It all started when he noticed the bed was clamped to the floor‚ there was a bell pull that did not work‚ and there was a ventilator connected between Dr.Roylott’s and Julia’s room. During Holmes investigation
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inner drive which can push people to do dangerous things. This idea is represented in the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl‚ through the character Mary Maloney. The story focuses on Mary Maloney‚ the housewife of policeman Patrick Maloney. Her husband returns one evening and confesses (it is implied) that he had an affair. While in shock and disbelief‚ Mary finds a frozen lamb leg and murders him with a blow to the head. The rest of the story follows Mary as she tries to conceal
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Explore the ways in which the writers build up sympathy for both Mary and Dora in the stories ‘Lamb to the slaughter’ and ‘Hey you down there’. 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. The story begins with Mary eagerly waiting for her husband. As usual she has taken
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Adventure of the Engineers Thumb’ ‘The Speckled Band’ All written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ‘The Monkeys Paw’ written by W.W.Jacob’s. Three of the stories feature Sherlock Holmes‚ the famous Victorian detective solving the case. I have chosen to write about ‘The Monkeys Paw’ ‘The Speckled Band’ and ‘The Adventure of the Engineers Thumb’. All three stories feature memorable uses of atmosphere‚ characters and setting. The characters
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English class "The Speckled band" In the short story "The Adventure of The Speckled Band". Sherlock Holmes states that "violence does in truth recoil upon the violent‚ and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. If one has a dark soul and evil intensions‚ in the end one shall perish. One simply meets the same fate they intended for another. No good will ever come out of under handed and insipid acts. Darkness doesn’t really exist. The true definition of "dark"
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Roald Dahl used several interesting craft moves in his story “Lamb To The Slaughter.” One craft move was descriptive sentences. Another was long and short sentences. Finally‚ Roald Dahl utilized tone to develop his theme that you shouldn’t act on strong feelings or something could go wrong fast. Roald Dahl made good use of descriptive sentences. One example of this is when he stated “...she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his
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Sherlock Holmes “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” Essay Sherlock Holmes was not guilty of killing Dr. Roylott in the story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band.” The story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes was not guilty of killing Doctor Roylott because Sherlock Holmes was acting out of self-defense. Addionially Doctor Roylott was guilty of premeditated murder. Another reason Sherlock Holmes was not guilty of killing Doctor Roylott is
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’Lamb to the Slaughter’ is a intriguing murder story set in the 1950’s America written by the well renowned children’s author Roald Dahl. The plot is threaded with irony‚ which injects it with dark humour. In this critical evaluation I will determine whether Mary Maloney premeditated the murder of her husband or if it was a spur of the moment act or ’crime of passion’. The short story is set in America and this is clear due to words such as ’precinct’‚ ’closet’ and ’Idaho potatoes’. The story opens
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