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    into this stranger’s house and doesn’t even know here. Billy Weaver goes inside and sets down on the couch. The Landlady asked him if he wanted anything to drink. He said yes please ‚and she said what do you want. The Landlady said we have fruits‚ snacks and candy. He said thank you I would have a couple of snacks. The Landlady went to go get the snacks for Billy Weaver. The Landlady came back and gave him the snacks. He ate the snacks and he probably new they we’re poised. He eat them cause

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    negotiates the renting of an apartment with the landlady over the telephone. They were agreeable on the ‘price’ the ‘location’ and privacy. The price was ‘reasonable’ to the poet‚ the location‚ has been described as ‘indifferent’. It may mean that the poet is not bothered with the neighborhood or it might indicate that the neighborhood is free of racism about which the poet is touchy. Another factor which was favourable to the tenant is that the landlady lived ‘off premises’ that is‚ the property ensured

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    Introduction: • Topic sentence:There are so many reasons why "The landlady"and “"Lamb to the Slaughter"”create suspense.They play important roles in the stories one is a murder and another wants certain men.These roles create suspense and will tell the author what is going on in the story. Summary of both stories : In lamb to the slaughter Mary kills her husband‚Patrik‚because she wants to be with him because him and Mary are having a child.As Mary hits patrick with the lamb Mary tries to hide

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    some tea that seemed to have a weird effect on him. I believe that the landlady poisoned and killed Mr.Weaver with intentions to keep his body. My evidence that proves this statement goes as follows. Once Mr. Weaver drank the tea‚ one paragraph 480 he claimed to smell bitter almonds which is a smell that is released from cyanide poisoned victims. On paragraph 340 he noticed while he was signing the guest sign-in paper the landlady was moving pretty fast as if she was in a rush‚ this could have been

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    with each word" This is the turning point for this loving wife whom would never hurt her husband. Our first impression of the Landlady is similar to Mary. Roald Dahl iliminates our first impressions of the land lady‚ from a kind woman to a pyschopath through subtle twists and turns. Older women are known to be kind and caring. This is what we first notice in the Landlady. Mary Maloney changes drastically after hearing the horrible news that Patrick has given her. Her first reaction is definetly

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    the poet wanted to rent a house from the landlady originally. However‚ after he stated that he was African‚ the conversation turned to discuss the poet’s skin color swiftly and it lasted till the end of the conversation.. Repetition was used to emphasize on the issue of racial discrimination. ’Dark’ was repeated to show how much did the landlady care about the poet’s color‚ because ’dark’ usually connects with the dark skin color of African. The landlady was obviously discriminating other races.

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    feeling. Spookily quiet and the Landlady´s weird kindness made the story more creepy,something is going to happen. Nevertheless,the story had not gone clear so the readers do not know what happened yet. When Billy signed his name on the guest book and drank the “bitter almond” tea,the whole story slowly transfer to a scary mood ,which Billy had been poisoned! Connect the stuffed animal and the Landlady´s strange movement,the story reached the climax. Finally,the Landlady came to the room and stuffed

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    beautiful. Her animals had not moved since I was last there‚ it was like they were stuck in the position they were in. As I walked downstairs‚ The Landlady was sitting up straight and perfect on her couch watching me head to toe as I looked around. She kept asking me if I wanted tea. That was one of the most unusual things that I encountered. I think The Landlady is guilty because‚ the grocery list‚ handwriting was identical to the guest book‚ the lack of visitors also the fact that all of her visitors

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    productive life. Her most outstanding award would be the Canadian Governor General’s Award for poetry in 1966. Her work has been an inspiration to many and she will be recognized for many years to come. The three poems that I am going to discuss are: The Landlady‚ Rat Song and Song of the Worms. All three of these poems use strong imagery to show Margaret Atwood’s view of the way that women are treated. She uses several tones in her poems‚ the tone that she generally uses for these three poems are frustration

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    this story is Civil war. The message that the writer is trying to give through his writing is ‘‘anti war’’‚ the writer is giving the readers the impression that war is bad and it shouldn’t happen. The second story that I will focusing on is “The Landlady”. This story is written by Roald Dahl. This story is set in a place called Bath situated in England. The stories genre is suspense‚ for the reason that‚ throughout the story the reader keeps the secret hidden from the readers about what is going

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