A short story which has an unexpected ending is The Landlady’ by Roald Dahl. The writer uses clever structure and effective characterisation to create such a surprising and satisfactory finale. The story is about a young man named Billy Weaver. He is just starting a new job in Bath and‚ whilst looking for accommodation‚ he comes across a compelling Bed and Breakfast. He can’t walk away from the building and ends us ringing the bell. He barely takes his finger away from the bell when‚ what appears
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English Hall ´No‚ my dear‚` she said. ´Only you.`....... And now another queer thing happend to him. He was pulled towards the stairs‚ slowly but steadily‚ he moved towards the first steps. He knew this wasn´t right but all attemps resisting this mysterious force seemed useless. Second by second‚ step by step‚ he moved further up the stairs. The first flour passed‚ but he didn´t even notice; he was paralized by the giggling he heared from downstaired‚ which got fainter and fainter by every
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The Landlady The story “The Landlady”‚ written by Roald Dahl‚ was taking place in a place called Bed and Breakfast. The main characters consist of Billy Weaver and the landlady. Billy Weaver needed a place to stay‚ one place caught his eye‚ Bed and Breakfast. He trusted the landlady right away‚ and he got poisoned.The craft moves and theme that was contained in this story that Roald Dahl had wrote was not to put their trust in everyone they meet‚ but to give it a little time‚ and the craft move
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Margaret Atwood’s theme in The Landlady is about the speaker’s prison-like living situation in what can be assumed to be a dorm. The landlady has made home‚ the place where we can feel free and comfortable‚ to a suffering sentence. The landlady is sin control‚ and the speaker‚ a young university student‚ cannot escape from the landlady‚ physically nor mentally. The Landlady is effectively written in free verse and is a run-on style of poetry‚ allowing the readers emotions and thoughts to carry to
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Landlady extended ending “I’m getting tired.” said Billy after he finished the last sip of tea. “I think I’m going to hit the hay and call it a night.” The old lady asked him if anything felt strange about him‚ before he went to bed. “No I feel fine.” said Billy in a curious voice. In the middle of the night Billy heard something weird in his room. It was the landlady waiting for Billy to join Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple. At that moment Billy sat up and asked the landlady what she was doing
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"No thank you‚" Billy said. The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds‚ and he didn’t much care for it. "I very much appreciate the tea‚ but I am feeling quite tired from my journey. I think I’ll have to retire to bed." Billy saw a faint glint of happiness in the landlady’s eyes as he said this. Oddly‚ he didn’t think much of it. "Alright‚ dear. I do hope you sleep well. The tea should help. Do you need help finding your room again?" "No thank you‚" Billy said with a smile‚" It is quite easy to
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Maslow explains motivation through a hierarchy of needs. He believes that humans are born with a desire to grow and reach self-actualization‚ but to do so must first gain physiological needs‚ safety needs‚ affiliation‚ and esteem. The landlady in Roald Dahl’s The Landlady portrays the characteristics of someone who has not achieved affiliation‚ the need for belonging and relationships. Loneliness is her prime motivator‚ everything she does steams from this. Loneliness can cause one of two things‚ and
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is searching for an apartment. As he speaks to the landlady over the phone his interest in acquiring the apartment develops. However‚ understanding the societal racism that plagued the peoples‚ he confesses that he is indeed African. For a while the landlady is silent‚ but afterwards she abruptly asks the man if his skin tone is light or very dark. The man is enraged and comprises sarcastic replies. One of his responses includes asking the landlady whether she is referring to plain or milk chocolate
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“Landlady” is a tragic fiction story; one with a peculiar ending written by Roald Dahl. In the short story‚ Billy (protagonist)‚ a young‚ handsome man is in search of an affordable hotel out on a chilly night at Bath‚ England. One of the shopkeeper’s tells Billy ‘to try the Bell and Dragon”‚ a quarter of a mile down the street. Ordinarily‚ Billy was planning on heading straight to the Bell and Dragon‚ but on the way‚ there was a notice that said BED AND BREAKFAST. Billy rang the doorbell‚ and out
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In Roald Dahl’s chilling tale‚ “The Landlady‚” he uses the landlady’s character to teach the reader that when something seems to too good to be true‚ it probably is. For example when Billy tells himself “ The old girl is slightly dotty”.This evidence proves that while the room was indeed cheap there was certainly some baggage connected to it. This women is always acting odd which suddenly makes the apparent cheapness have good reason. In addition no one else stayed at this bed and breakfast further
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