we can visualize this with the quote “alright, she told herself. i've killed him” right now she isn't bawling her eyes out like any other wife would. instead she is thinking about her punishment. here she knows that what she did was wrong. this can show that she still cares about her husband. Mrs.Maloney is dynamic because she went from loving mr. m to knowing he doesn't deserve to die. “Mary Maloney began to giggle”, this is where she goes completely crazy. by the end of the story readers can see that Mrs.Maloney is certainly dynamic. she is giggling because she successfully killed someone and got away with it. now she is a proud killer. no longer does she love her husband. we can tell by the way she reacted. if she did love him she would not be able to live with herself.
Roald Dahl in “lamb to the slaughter” indirectly characterizes Mrs.Maloney as dynamic. From a loving person Mrs.Maloney dynamically changes into a killer. The changes in her emotional feelings clue us to the fact that she is dynamic. The author uses diction and Mrs. Maloney’s actions to portray this. This story along with a dynamic character give away that people can seem stable, but can erupt when something doesn’t go their