Comparing Stories Over the passed six weeks we have been reading two detective stories: ‘The Speckled Band’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ by Roald Dahl. Both stories are diverse and decisive but‚ are very different. The stories contain basic detective ingredients such as‚ the evil villain‚ the cunning detective and most importantly an action packed ending. ‘The Speckled Band’ is a fairly long story which is filled with information. The text is stretched out into many
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hearing this news‚ Mrs. Maloney undoubtedly went into shock; a trance almost. "When she walked across the room‚ she couldn’t feel her feet touching the floor. She couldn’t feel anything except a slight sickness. She did everything without thinking." [Dahl] She had just received life changing news. She stopped thinking. She thought of nothing except the betrayal of her husband. As her husband crashed to the floor‚ this poor woman realized what she had done. Being the wife of a detective‚ she knew
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Not So Nice After All In the story of “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf”‚ Roald Dahl interprets the little girl as a gun-wielding murderer. While in most of the other interpretations of this story we’ve read this semester‚ she seemingly is just a young and naive little girl. When she walks into grandmothers house she has no idea that her grandmother has already been eaten‚ and soon enough finds out that the wolf has scheduled her to be next on his list. The pistol that Little Red Riding hood
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Belonging is the need to be accepted‚ everyone desires to belong and not having these connection leads to a feeling of not belonging. Through the reading of Simple Gift by Steven Herrick‚ Looking for Alibrnadi by Melina Marchetta and Matilda by Roald Dahl we see what obstacles are apparent in each journey and search of belonging. After reading these texts we get a sense of what belonging is to be apart of something such as a community‚ culture and family. We also get an understanding of not belonging
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motifs‚ as discussed by Jacobs & Tunnel‚ including magic‚ other worlds‚ good versus evil‚ heroism‚ special character types‚ and fantastic objects. If a story contains all six‚ it is classified either as a classic fairy tale‚ or a modern high fantasy. Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach is an example of a modern high fantasy‚ as it contains all six fantasy motifs discussed by Jacobs & Tunnel. The most basic element in fantasy literature is magic. According to Jacobs & Tunnel " each of the other
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What are the odds that the murderer is married to the victim that was killed? In Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter”‚ it talks about the revenge between a husband and wife. In the opening scene‚ the main protagonist is introduced to us‚ who goes by the name Mary. Mary is a stay-at-home wife who takes care of her husband Patrick. One day as Mary’s husband came home he told her some distressing news. When hearing this news‚ Mary is so upset upon hearing the news that she picks up a frozen
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story´s mood is from joyful to mystery and eventually horror. Setting Roald Dahl´s “The Landlady” is set on the Royal Creasent，in Bath ，England. Billy walks on the street alone finding the Bell and Dragon that someone was pointing to him. The wind was deadly cold and the moon coming up out of a clear starry sky. Suddenly he saw the Bed and Breakfast，so he stoped wishing this lodging´s price will be cheaper. To create suspence，Roald create that when Billy arrives is already at night nine o´clock. Billy
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In the story "Lamb to the Slaughter" Roald Dahl uses Mary’s desire to make her husband comfortable and concern for her unborn child to indicate that she is truly a caring person. As Mary Maloney has greeted her husband Patrick when he comes back home from work she helps him to relax and tries to make him as comfortable as she possibly can. The author writes‚ " ’Darling’ she said. ’Would you like me to get you some cheese? I haven’t made any supper because its Thursday.’ ’No’ he said. ’if you’re too
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The main character from Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and the main character from “Beware of the Dog” by Roald Dahl face some similar obstacles and both stories have similar themes. The main theme of “Beware of the Dog” is that looks can be deceiving. The main theme of Unbroken is perseverance. However‚ these two stories can be tied together because Louie (from Unbroken) and Peter (from “Beware of the Dog”) both face a situation where they face an event happening that they believe is one way and
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Maloney’s Manslaughter Sometimes‚ the difference between determining a first-degree murder from manslaughter will depend upon something as minimal as one’s personal interpretation of the homicide. It is this regard that Roald Dahl demonstrates in his short story‚ “Lamb to the Slaughter‚” in which the protagonist‚ Mary Maloney‚ commits a homicide upon her husband‚ Patrick. Throughout the short story‚ Mary Maloney is portrayed as an individual that was on the verge of being psychotic‚ and consequently
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