Landlady In The Landlady By Roald Dahl

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When old ladies are mentioned most people think of sweet, polite and innocent. However some old ladies are not what you think they are.The Landlady a character in “The LandLady” By Roald Dahl, is a lonely lady.She is desperately lonely , kind and a psychopathic character that manipulates her victims minds.
The LandLady is desperately lonely because even though she kills people she keeps them with her because she cares about them and she can’t let go, because she feels like she has company.The Landlady likes to treat them as her dolls in a doll house. The more people the merrier. “There we are” she said “How nice and cozy is this”. This shows that the Landlady is enjoying Billy’s present. While some old lady’s would have felt uncomfortable

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