"Please eat it. Personally I couldn't touch a thing, certainly not what's been in the house when he was here. But it's all right for you. It'd be a favor to me if you'd eat it up. Then you can go on with your work again afterwards.’" "’Sure I'll give you a drink. You mean this whiskey?’ ‘Yes please. But just a small one. It might make me feel better.’ He handed her the glass. ‘Why don't you have one yourself,’ she said. ‘You must be awfully tired. Please do. You've been very good to me.’" Mary getting the officers drunk let their guards down more so she was able to change the crime scene and get rid of the weapon to where she would never be caught. In conclusion, Mary in the original “Lamb to the Slaughter” did an unplanned murder but then calmly created a plan off the top of her head. She rehearsed her lines and emotions that will be portrayed making the grocer believe she is innocent. Then she got the officers examining the crime scene and fed them the weapon which completes her image of innocence she created around her. The movie Mary on the other hand let her nerves take over her and broke the image of innocence of innocence that she was trying to
"Please eat it. Personally I couldn't touch a thing, certainly not what's been in the house when he was here. But it's all right for you. It'd be a favor to me if you'd eat it up. Then you can go on with your work again afterwards.’" "’Sure I'll give you a drink. You mean this whiskey?’ ‘Yes please. But just a small one. It might make me feel better.’ He handed her the glass. ‘Why don't you have one yourself,’ she said. ‘You must be awfully tired. Please do. You've been very good to me.’" Mary getting the officers drunk let their guards down more so she was able to change the crime scene and get rid of the weapon to where she would never be caught. In conclusion, Mary in the original “Lamb to the Slaughter” did an unplanned murder but then calmly created a plan off the top of her head. She rehearsed her lines and emotions that will be portrayed making the grocer believe she is innocent. Then she got the officers examining the crime scene and fed them the weapon which completes her image of innocence she created around her. The movie Mary on the other hand let her nerves take over her and broke the image of innocence of innocence that she was trying to