Even though most women in the world have equal rights in a lot of countries, women’s rights are still an issue. Women who are born in countries where their rights almost don’t exist are mentally hurt and these women possibly become unstable. In Ronald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter”, and in the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, the abuse of men towards their wife affects the women’s mental state negatively. In fact, people tend to underestimate those who seem to be weak which leads to abuse, mental or physical, and to negative consequences.
The people underestimate women the most in the story are their husband; basically, most of the time, it has to do with males. This mentally abuses these women, in both stories, …show more content…
Most women only finished elementary school and then started work at the house with their mother. Men imagine these women as not smarter people. They thought that woman was just useful for cooking, cleaning and taking care of the children. In the short story “Lamb of the Slaughter” there is irony. After the wife killed the husband, she needed to cover up the dramatic scene. She puts the lamb in the oven and goes to the market pretending that everything is normal. As she enters the house, she screams and calls the police like someone else killed her husband. After police found no evidence in the house, the wife offered them some of the lamb she cooked earlier (after killing the husband with it). The offices politely accept the offer and ate the weapon that killed the husband. This is ironic because the murderer (the wife) is asking the police to eat the weapon (the lamb leg). The reader knows it is the murder weapon, but the police do not. It creates suspense in the reader because the reader is wondering if the police will finally figure out who killed the husband. In the short story "The yellow wallpaper", dramatic irony is used. When the narrator first describes the bedroom the husband has chosen for them, the wife found the room bizarre. For example, the bars on the window, the torn wallpaper, the nailed down furniture and even the color of the wallpaper. It was like the room has
The people underestimate women the most in the story are their husband; basically, most of the time, it has to do with males. This mentally abuses these women, in both stories, …show more content…
Most women only finished elementary school and then started work at the house with their mother. Men imagine these women as not smarter people. They thought that woman was just useful for cooking, cleaning and taking care of the children. In the short story “Lamb of the Slaughter” there is irony. After the wife killed the husband, she needed to cover up the dramatic scene. She puts the lamb in the oven and goes to the market pretending that everything is normal. As she enters the house, she screams and calls the police like someone else killed her husband. After police found no evidence in the house, the wife offered them some of the lamb she cooked earlier (after killing the husband with it). The offices politely accept the offer and ate the weapon that killed the husband. This is ironic because the murderer (the wife) is asking the police to eat the weapon (the lamb leg). The reader knows it is the murder weapon, but the police do not. It creates suspense in the reader because the reader is wondering if the police will finally figure out who killed the husband. In the short story "The yellow wallpaper", dramatic irony is used. When the narrator first describes the bedroom the husband has chosen for them, the wife found the room bizarre. For example, the bars on the window, the torn wallpaper, the nailed down furniture and even the color of the wallpaper. It was like the room has