Lamb To Slaughter Vs Landlady Essay

In the two stories by Roald Dahl “The Landlady” and in “Lamb to Slaughter” there are many similarities and many differences. The stories are both about death but they each end up taking different turns. In “The LandLady” the story starts out slightly ominous with the bed and breakfast sign attracting Billy to it, then the story started to become more peaceful because she was kind and had a welcoming smile but then it became more creepy when the landlady said she stuffed her pets and she had the other two victims upstairs. In “Lamb to Slaughter the story starts out peaceful and has a loving tone because she says she loves him and what not and then it becomes strange once she kills him and feed the officers her weapon. These two stories have
Finally the last distinction, in “Lamb to Slaughter” it says “A few minutes later she got up and went to the phone. She know the number of the police station, and when the man at the other end answered, she cried to him, "Quick! Come quick! Patrick's dead!" "Who's speaking?" "Mrs. Maloney. Mrs. Patrick Maloney." "You mean Patrick Maloney's dead?" "I think so," she sobbed. "He's lying on the floor and I think he's dead." and in “The Landlady” the author says ““I’m almost positive it was in the newspapers I saw them,” Billy said. “I’ll think of it in a second. I’m sure I will.” There is nothing more tantalising than a thing like this which lingers just outside the borders of one’s memory. He hated to give up. “Now wait a minute,” he said. “Wait just a minute. Mulholland ... Christopher Mulholland ... wasn’t that the name of the Eton schoolboy who was on a walking-tour through the West Country, and then all of a sudden ...” “Milk?” she said. “And sugar?” “Yes, please. And then all of a sudden ...” “Eton schoolboy?” she said. “Oh no, my dear, that can’t possibly be right because