The Neckklace Character Sketch Not once in the whole story does Mathilda ever thank her husband. She is concerned only with herself. Mathilda’s selfish greediness is also shown in her attitudes toward other people. She has one acquaintance mentioned‚ Madame Forrester. Matilda is such a type person in our society. A woman not thankful for what she has. One might perceive that Matilda and her husband are just really poor. Well from what I gathered‚ I think that she is just middle class. They may
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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 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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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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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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CHARACTER SKETCH: A character sketch is a vivid description of a person‚ attitude‚ special qualities or traits‚ typical behavior or response. The character sketch gives a deep insight into the personality of a person which makes him different from another person. The character sketch usually depicts the dominant trait that is most important to the story. Example of a short character sketch of Maxwell’s stenographer - from a short story by O’ Henry named The Romance of a Busy Broker The stenographer
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Adopt a Character Assignments 1. Using the information from your Adopt a Character sheet‚ fill in the Bio Cube‚ cut it out‚ and cube it. The link for the Bio Cube is on my website under resources. 2. Using the information from the Adopt a Character sheet‚ write a detailed character sketch of your adopted character. This is a creative piece. Stretch your writing and your imagination! On my website‚ there is an example of a character sketch and there are directions on how to write a
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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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"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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Dahl uses the pilot’s thoughts and feelings as well as his actions to convey that heroism and courage can sometimes be expressed by facing rather than avoiding an internal struggle. At this point in the story‚ the main character (later revealed to be named Peter Williamson) suspects that he has been lied to by his caretakers‚ and that he is in a different place than he has been told. This suspicion is the underlying base to his internal struggle‚ which he strives to resolve throughout this passage
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