Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl emphasizes that betrayal empennage lead to revenge. Patrick trusts to divorce his wife. bloody shame mists what she is feeling inside and pretends none of that never happened, but when it every sinks in she rages, and executes her husband. She does not want to get caught so she cr erasees an alibi. To hide the evidence she pleasingly offered the dear in the oven (the murder weapon) to the detectives to immerse (to destroy). Dahl displays that the namby-pamby brush off be capable than more than than you think. Dahl employs Situational Irony throughout the story to cr take ine emphasis between bloody shame and Patrick. An warning is the love, it was going to be utilise to feed him but kinda it was utilise to kill him. bloody shame kills him with a lambs leg when he says he is going to withdraw from her, this is situational Irony. bloody shame offers the detectives the lamb to eat that is in the oven that was utilise to murder Patrick, bloody shame says Why dont you eat up that lamb thats in the oven? (Dahl 6). Mary is suggesting that the officers eat up the lamb (murder weapon) so Mary doesnt get caught. They end up destroying the weapon. This type of irony is dramatic irony. Irony is used effectively in the story by showing the meaning exploitation language that normally is the opposer of what is being meant.\nDahl uses the lamb to symbolize Marys innocence and weakness. A lamb is a babe sheep; the lamb represents innocents and weakness. Patryck is described as the lamb being carnageed to in any case show symbolism. The lamb in the story is the biggest symbol used in the story. Mary is the lamb (weak) and Patrick is the lamb being slaughtered and Mary is no longer weak because he is slaughtered by Mary. Mary took the leg of lamb to slaughter (murder) Patryck. Mary and Patrick are used to represent symbolism. Dahl conveys that peoples straightforward identity can be easily overlooked. Mary kills her husband out of anger becau se patryck cute to divorce her, he says listen, he said. Ive got something to tell you [...] this is going to be a ...