"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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The Adventures of Roald Dahl The autobiography‚ “Going Solo‚” by Roald Dahl is about the adventures he faced throughout his journey as a World War II pilot. Throughout the novel‚ Dahl exhibits the ability to draw readers in and make them want to read more. His techniques and excellent storytelling skills helped develop this novel into an amazing read. As W. Somerset Maugham once said‚ “There are three rules to writing a good book. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.” This being said‚ one
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Summary of “the Way Up To Heaven” by Roald Dahl “The Way Up To Heaven” is a short story written by Roald Dahl. The two main characters are Mrs and Mr Foster‚ an elder married couple living in a large six-storey house in New York with their four servants. Mrs Foster has always had a fanatic fear of missing planes‚ trains‚ boats and so on. It’s an obsession to her. Mr Foster was quite annoyed at her due to this complication‚ and his attitude towards her was only making it worse. Mrs Foster had always
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"A Connoisseur’s Revenge" Plot/Description This is one of my favorite Dahl stories‚ and the one with (I think) the most potent twist in the tail of all. It’s not until the very last sentence that you understand the true story. Spoiler warning! Lionel Lampson is a wealthy older gentleman who enjoys fine art and the company of the upper classes. One night he escorts a vulgar woman named Gladys Ponsonby home from a dinner party. Gladys‚ who is a little drunk‚ shows off a new portrait of herself
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Taste and other tales by Roald Dahl This is a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl. I have chosen to tell about my three favourites. The first one is Taste. It is about two men who both claim to be good wine connoisseurs‚ and they have an old habit of placing bets about who knows which wine is being served. On this occasion‚ their stakes have gone out of hand and one has bet two houses and the other one has bet his own daughter. What they don’t know is that one of them has already been out
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The story "Beware of the Dog" starts by telling us that the main character‚ Peter Williamson is flying a Spitfire‚ or battle plane used in World War II. He makes it apparent that his leg was blown off in a dogfight. He wants to land at the landing zone and simply ask someone to help him out of the plane in a casual manner. As he continues to think about what he is going to say and do when he lands‚ he decides not to call the blood wagon. This is a decision that he will later regret. He now begins
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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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entry in Sophie’s dairy describing what she found out about the BFG. Create a dream recipe listing the ingredients and mixing instructions. The dream could be a "Golden Phizzwizard" or "Trogglehumper." When all the recipes are finished‚ they could be collated into a dream recipe cookbook. Make up your own acronyms to describe the other giants. Write an imaginary letter to the Queen explaining why she shouldn’t be afraid of the BFG. Write and illustrate a cartoon strip using dialogue from
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The Psychology of Roald Dahl and Its Effect to His Authorship: Psychoanalytical Reading Psychoanalysis is a theory that was found by psychologist and neurologist in the 19th century who came from Austria‚ Siegmund Freud. As a psychologist‚ in dealing his patients‚ Sigmund Freud always give questions and analyze every problem that they face‚ so he then get a lot of bright spots which states that personal experiences that they experienced as a child‚ have an impact in influencing the
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The main idea I identified in Helen Fisher’s TedTalk is that love is more than an emotion‚ it is an 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
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