Murder, an older time period as the setting, and an animal reference are all minutias that the short stories “A Lamb to the Slaughter” and “A Jury of Her Peers” share. However, even though the stories have similarities, they also have many differences. For instance, how the man dies, what caused the murderer to slaughter the man, and the mystery within the context of each story is different.
In both stories there is a murder case. In the story, “A Lamb to the Slaughter” there is a character named Mary Maloney and her husband, Patrick, dies. Minnie Foster is a character in “A Jury of Her Peers” and just like Mary’s husband died, Minnie’s did too. The murderer in “A Lamb to the Slaughter” is in the same relationship in the story, “A Jury of
In both stories there is a murder case. In the story, “A Lamb to the Slaughter” there is a character named Mary Maloney and her husband, Patrick, dies. Minnie Foster is a character in “A Jury of Her Peers” and just like Mary’s husband died, Minnie’s did too. The murderer in “A Lamb to the Slaughter” is in the same relationship in the story, “A Jury of