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    In Lamb to the slaughter Patrick was talking to his wife about a divorce and Mary~ the wife~ didn’t take it so well. She was after all pregnant and her emotions were high‚ but that doesn’t cut it for what she did. The divorce thought lead to a deadly ending for someone. The motivation in both story’s

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    Gothic Novels. Frankenstein is considered one of the Gothic Novels that developed out the the Romantic Era. The “heroes” in Frankenstein could fit into the Byronic Hero category or be classified as Romantic‚ Tragic‚ or Anti Heroes. Lady Caroline Lamb‚ a former lover of Lord Byron’s called him “mad‚ bad‚ and dangerous to know.” This epitaph stuck as a way to describe a Byronic Hero in literature as well. See if Victor Frankenstein fits the description of the Byronic Hero or if he embodies more

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    The lamb The poem was written by William Blake and belongs to the collection “Songs of Innocence”. The title suggests that the poem is about a lamb‚ a symbol of sacrifice and purity. It is made up of two stanzas of ten lines each. Every line has got six syllables. The poem is narrated in first person. The poet is made equal to a child‚ to deal with the theme in a more subjective way. In the first stanza the speaker asks the lamb who made it. He also wonders who gave it life and enabled it

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    never leave them. So because of this theory‚ it is believed that many women find themselves trying to get close to Byron in hopes of shaping him into their perfect man. Many women wrote letters to Byron with sexual underlying metaphors‚ Lady Caroline lamb even sent him a clipping of her own pubic hair with a note saying “From your wild antelope” after he had terminated their relationship. Many were about their deep love for him and his poetry‚ however is is believed that most of these women were married

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    In the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” written by Ronal Dahl‚ the author depicts the loving nature of a housewife who adores her husband and eagerly anticipates this arrival from a long day at work. Mary Maloney was a housewife who was married to Patrick Maloney‚ a detective. At the beginning of the story‚ Mary appears to be a submissive wife and mother who wants to please her husband in any way that she can. It’s not until the plot unfolds that we see that Mary is actually a devious murderer

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    "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 age of15 he fell platonically but violently in love with a young distant cousin‚ Mary Duff (Parker 10). He soon had another affair with a woman named Mary Gray. Soon hereafter he was involved with many liaisons with such women as Lady Caroline Lamb and then Lady Oxford. Then just as Byron was beginning to live his life the way he had always wanted to‚ his mother dies in 1811. The following year he became immensely fashionable and notorious. By 1813 he had began another affair with his half-

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    WILLIAM BLAKE(1757-1827) -THE LAMB Summary The speaker‚ identifying himself as a child‚ asks a series of questions of a little lamb‚ and then answers the questions for the lamb. He asks if the lamb knows who made it‚ who provides it food to eat‚ or who gives it warm wool and a pleasant voice. The speaker then tells the lamb that the one who made it is also called “the Lamb” and is the creator of both the lamb and the speaker. He goes on to explain that this Creator is meek and mild‚ and Himself

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    Roald Dahl presents scary or creepy moments within this writing by using peculiar details‚ shocking‚ surprising situations‚ and by leaving suspicion to the reader. The two stories‚ The Landlady and Lamb to the Slaughter both show Roald Dahl’s skills of creating illustrative details and coming up with unusual situations to make the reader feel uneasy. First of all‚ Roald Dahl uses multiple peculiar details to make the stories have a creepy effect. In the Landlady‚ the lady does very many abnormal

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    In times of sorrow and hopelessness‚ Mary Maloney’s true disposition is revealed in Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter”. At the beginning of the short story‚ Mary was a devoted housewife that was committed to always putting her husband’s needs before her own which was a portrayal of her selfless characteristics. Although overtime Mary’s characteristics changed due to the revelation by her husband Patrick regarding a matter which was not specified in the text. After Mary was exposed to

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