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Lamb to the Slaughter

Lamb to the Slaughter. By: Roald Dahl. Characters. Mary Maloney Detective Patrick Maloney Sam- grocer Jack Noonan- police officer. Setting. Evening Maloney Household 1950’s United States. Exposition.

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Lamb to the Slaughter

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  1. Lamb to the Slaughter By: Roald Dahl

  2. Characters • Mary Maloney • Detective Patrick Maloney • Sam- grocer • Jack Noonan- police officer

  3. Setting • Evening • Maloney Household • 1950’s • United States

  4. Exposition • Mary Maloney, 6 mo. pregnant, learns that her husband, Patrick, a detective, is leaving her.

  5. Rising Action • 1. Mary hits him in the head with the frozen lamb. • 2. She establishes an alibi by going to the grocery store. • 3. She returns home and calls the police, claiming that she found her husband dead.

  6. Climax • The police officers eat the lamb!

  7. Falling Action • Mary giggles to herself.

  8. Resolution • Mary gets away with murder because the police officers ate the murder weapon!

  9. Point of View • Third Person Limited Omniscient • (Don’t write this part) The narrator is not a character in the story. The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings that Mary is having.

  10. Theme • Things are not always as they seem. • Be careful who you trust. • Can you think of any other themes that are present in the story?

  11. Tone • Irony • (Don’t write this part.) It is ironic that a lady who appears to be wonderful wife has murdered her husband. It is also ironic that he is a detective and his police officer friends eat the murder weapon so there is no evidence against his wife!

  12. Video Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmpY9cpe6g8&feature=related (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

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