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    As I began watching this film‚ it starts off with Jodie Foster who plays Clarice Starling climbing a rope up a hill. Clarice is smart‚ she is strong‚ and she is most likely a very talented member of the law enforcement. As she is running‚ we are informed as viewers that Special Agent Crawford would like to speak to her. She’s given the task to interview and pass a survey to incarcerated serial killer. A simple task to do and it seems simple enough‚ but there is only one serial killer left to

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    In the story‚ “ Lamb to The Slaughter”‚ Mary Maloney‚ the main character kills her husband‚ Patrick because he told her upsetting news that scarred her deeply‚ which twas never revealed. After realizing what she had just done‚ Mary had to act fast. In the beginning after Mary killed her husband‚ she freshened up‚ left the house‚ and pretended to find her husband dead at home. After police arrived‚ she acted innocent and vulnerable.This is dramatic irony because although the police were fooled‚ the

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    husband and wive. The setting of the stories was both back in the day around 1920’s in a small town. The titles for both stories helped explain a part of what the story was about. For example‚ Lamb to the slaughter‚ it gave away the murder weapon‚ but also explains the wife and how you would never expect a lamb to kill something because they are such calm animals‚ and she was a peaceful lady. A jury of our peers‚ foreshadowed how the people who will be doing the investigating are their close friends

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    Argument Paragragh for Lamb to the Slaughter Mary Maloney‚ in the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” is not guilty by the reason of insanity. This is when the crime is committed but the person who committed it couldn’t tell if it was wrong or right. During the murder‚ Mary doesn’t know what she is doing. “Her first instinct was not to believe any of it‚ to reject it all... When she walked across the room she couldn’t feel anything at all–except a slight nausea and a desire to vomit. Everything

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    Lamb to the Slaughter Literary Analysis Roald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter is the story of a loyal’s wife reaction to her husband’s betrayal‚ using the rhetorical devices of dramatic irony‚ dark humor and foreshadowing. Throughout‚ the story you follow an abnormal day in Mary Maloney very wonted life. She makes the day abnormal by murdering her husband and shrewdly covers it up‚ without leaving a trace of evidence. The first rhetorical device encountered is foreshadowing‚ and foreshadowing is

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    and the Lamb‚ in order to reveal a moral that is still relevant and true in modern society. From a first glance LaFontaine’s fable seems simply about an innocent lamb drinking at a brook when a wolf comes along and unrightfully devours

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    The Lamb and The Tyger written by William Blake there is a metaphor of God being the creator of all‚ good and evil‚ and details of each opposite created beings. The Lamb is in representation of Jesus and the Tyger‚ the Devil. In modern day high schools students can compare to both the lamb and the tyger within their personalities. Depending on the situation a student is placed in‚ either can come out. In The Lamb by William Blake the poem shows a strong metaphor of the ’little lamb’ representing

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    rouse love‚ and victory win. 11.11.11.5. Suggested tune: Herzliebster Jesu 204 On Exodus 12:1-4‚ 11-14 Assemble with the chosen lamb‚ the roasted

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    Lamb to the Slaughter : a summary (by Yvanna‚ Marina and Maëva) Mary Maloney‚ a devoted woman to her husband was looking forward to seeing him again. As usual‚ she had prepared everything he could need at home when he would come back from work. But‚ when he came back that day‚ he looked preoccupied. She kept on taking so much care of him as she was used to‚ but it seemed like he had something to tell her‚ something she would never forget. When he was done telling her whet he had to tell her‚

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    In the story‚ Lamb to The Slaughter Mary Maloney and Patrick Maloney are husband and wife. The use of irony gives the story a humorous ending and can really make you want to continue reading. At first‚ Mary was nice and loving to her husband‚ until he breaks the news to her of his “affairs”. Situational irony is being used in this story. Patrick‚ knowing how jaunty Mary is‚ he would never aspire of her killing him in an act of jealousy.. “Darling‚ shall I get your slippers?”(2) As one can tell‚ Mary

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