Lamb to the Slaughter
Lamb to the Slaughter
In the story ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ by Roald Dahl. The author made me shiver at the behaviour of the character because both the main characters are two faced and cold blooded.
This story is about a Lady who kills her husband with a leg of lamb and gets away with killing him.
At the beginning of the story the atmosphere seems warm and cosy. The curtains were drawn, lamps alight, whisky ready on the table with two glasses. Mary Maloney was waiting for her husband to come home from work. She was knitting patiently looking at the time when he would come; “Now and again she would glance up at the clock”.
There was always something cheerful about her and in everything she did. Her whole body had a new placid look. This was her sixth month with the child. She was tremendously blissful about it.
When Patrick, Mary’s husband came home she treated him with a smile on her face and made him a strong drink of whisky and a weak one for herself. She was back again in the chair sewing again. He was sitting opposite to her holding the glass. She was observing him; “She loved him for the way he sat loosely in a chair, for a way he came in a door, or moved slowly across the room”. This shows how much she loved him and cared for him.
However the atmosphere changed from dreamy and loving to tense and frustrating. He wasn’t his usual self. He drank more strong whisky than usual; “She noticed that the new drink was dark amber with quantity of whisky in it”.This proves that the drink was stronger and that he was
In the story ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ by Roald Dahl. The author made me shiver at the behaviour of the character because both the main characters are two faced and cold blooded.
This story is about a Lady who kills her husband with a leg of lamb and gets away with killing him.
At the beginning of the story the atmosphere seems warm and cosy. The curtains were drawn, lamps alight, whisky ready on the table with two glasses. Mary Maloney was waiting for her husband to come home from work. She was knitting patiently looking at the time when he would come; “Now and again she would glance up at the clock”.
There was always something cheerful about her and in everything she did. Her whole body had a new placid look. This was her sixth month with the child. She was tremendously blissful about it.
When Patrick, Mary’s husband came home she treated him with a smile on her face and made him a strong drink of whisky and a weak one for herself. She was back again in the chair sewing again. He was sitting opposite to her holding the glass. She was observing him; “She loved him for the way he sat loosely in a chair, for a way he came in a door, or moved slowly across the room”. This shows how much she loved him and cared for him.
However the atmosphere changed from dreamy and loving to tense and frustrating. He wasn’t his usual self. He drank more strong whisky than usual; “She noticed that the new drink was dark amber with quantity of whisky in it”.This proves that the drink was stronger and that he was