Lamb to the Slaughter by Roal Dahl

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Having to take your anger out on someone isn’t fair or good, especially if you’re being killed with frozen lamb. Based on everyone’s understanding, when you kill someone you’ll have to pay the price and consequences. Apparently this lady didn’t. But are we sure she’s going to marry another man and kill him too? In “Lamb to the slaughter”, I’m going to be talking about Mary Maloney and how madly crazy she is.
In the beginning of the story Mary Maloney sounded so sweet, kind and generous. She patiently waits for her husband to come home from work. As he gets in the house, Mary treats her husband with whiskey and a kiss. She knew he didn’t want to talk until the first drink was finished. Mary keeps up with her husband’s daily routine and she notices something strange. He lifted his glass and drained it in one swallow but there was still half of it left in the cup. She knew what he had done because she heard the ice cubes falling back against the bottom of the empty glass when he lowered his arm. Although, when the husband tried to get himself another glass, Mary tries to get it for hi...

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