A Lamb To The Slaughter Rohld Dahl Analysis

Rohld dahl believes that if you are clever you should survive and be prosperous. This is shown in the short story a lamb to the slaughter. This is proven through two contentions; she had tricked the detectives, and got away with murder by using her own wits.

After Mary Maloney kills her husband by the use of blunt force, or in other words a frozen leg of lamb, she uses some techniques to get away with murder. The first; we have all seen a crime show where they are questioning a suspect and they say, “Whats your alibi!”From knowing this we can see Mary went to the grocery store. “It wasn't six o'clock yet and the lights were still on in the grocery shop."Hello Sam," she said brightly.” From this we can see that Mary had traveled to a place,

According to career.org it takes two to four years of being a police officer, then another two to four years to gain experience then you have to apply for promotions to become a detective, or you could get e degree. In the beginning we see Mary at home, by this we can inference that she does not have job, and if you have a degree, you usually have a job. So by this we can inference that Mary does not have a degree. By knowing this it is a testimony to how clever Mary Maloney is when tricking these experienced detectives into eating the lamb/the murder weapon.” "Would you do me a small favor – you and these others?"” "Here you all are, and good friends of dear Patrick's too, and helping to catch the man who killed him. You must be terribly hungry by now because it's long past your suppertime, and I know Patrick would never forgive me, God bless his soul, if I allowed you to remain in his house without offering you decent hospitality. Why don't you eat up that lamb that's in the oven? It'll be cooked just right by now.” these quotes from the text show how deceitful a smart woman can be by utilizing her charisma and acting combined with her ingenious plan to rid herself of blame. We also see Mary tricking the detectives into thinking that she had no part in the crime. We see her as shown in the text” "Is he dead?" she cried”. Now from this we should focus on the words, she CRIED. In the bible the shortest and argued one of the most strongest verses in the gospel is Jesus wept when Lazarus died. Now Lazarus was one of Jesus’s best friends, so by seeing Jesus truly cry for his friend, we can see this also apply to Mary and her husband, there for making it look like she’s