John Noble's Dark Side In 'The Perfects'

John Noble, a famous actor once said, “Human beings, we have dark sides; we have dark issues in our lives. To progress anywhere in life, you have to face our demons,” This is true in life and literature. From the short story “The Perfects”, the Perfects were a family the new people moved next too. They seemed very nice and were very polite, but they seemed a little too perfect. They were very abnormal. Also, “Lamb to the Slaughter” is another good short story that is about a husband that comes home from work with a very big secret that he has to tell to his wife and he knew that this would leave her shocked.. And Then There Were None is a novel about 10 people that are stranded on an island and they are mysteriously dying. No one is admitting to any murders so no one knows who the murderer is except the murderer themselves. Vera Claythorne and Ms. Maloney show their dark sides in their stories. …show more content…
Maloney shows her dark side in “Lamb to the Slaughter.” Firstly, she was angry because her husband wants a divorce because of his job. She shows her dark side in the story when she takes a frozen lamb leg and strikes her husband in the back of the head with the frozen lamb leg. This shows that her dark side was shown out of rage and anger that her husband didn’t love her anymore. Overall, Ms. Maloney showed her dark side pretty well in the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter.” Vera Claythorne from And Then There Were None showed her dark side throughout the story. First, she kills people in the story specifically some of the people on that island. In the story she kills Philip Lombard with a revolver. This shows her dark side in the novel because she is killing people and not admitting to it. She wasn’t killing out of self-defense but out of fear. In the story she says,” Finally. No more. No more fear.” (Christie 265.) She said that as she was the lone survivor on the island. All in all, Vera Claythorne showed her dark side in the