Analysis Of Lamb To The Slaughter By Roald Dahl

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I will be discussing Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl and The Suit by Can Themba. I believe in Lamb to the Slaughter that the sympathy initially flows towards Mary Maloney and remains with her by and large. In The Suit sympathy originally flows towards Philemon and away from Matilda throughout the story sympathy flows toward Matilda and away from Philemon. Then suddenly at the end sympathy flows back towards Philemon. My sympathy originally is with the woman -Mrs Maloney who is shown tidying the house in preparation of her husband’s arrival- Further sympathy is reinforced when her husband arrives home and it is made evident that simply being in his presence brings joy towards her. Further on into the story we are told that her husband …show more content…

He even offers a small prayer or “Te Deum” to the gods for the beauty of his wife among other things. Further on sympathy is further reinforced towards Philemon because of the mention of the rain that soaks workers, creeping out of their burrows, to the skin. Sympathy is further reinforced towards Philemon, and Matilda in fact when Philemon mentions that he lives in s yard where twenty to thirty people share the same lean-to. The mention of Philemon's wife preparing a lunch for him the night before causes sympathy to slow towards her and away from Philemon due to the fact that he didn’t prepare it himself. Sympathy is then flown back towards Philemon same as before when he makes his wife breakfast. Due to the fact that this is an obvious gesture of love. When Maphikela told Philemon of the happenings between his wife and an unknown man. Sympathy largely flows towards Philemon and completely away from Matilda. However when Philemon threatens to kill Matilda sympathy. When Matilda ducks “frantically “ sympathy is only further reinforced towards her. Further on sympathy is flown more strongly towards Matilda when Philemon shouts “Matilda Our visitor!”. This in turn causes Matilda to be very frightened. This terribly rude behavior causes sympathy to flow away from Philemon. After Matilda thinks of running away sympathy is

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