Lamb to the Slaughter Character Understanding
throughout the story, Mary Maloney changes from a sympathetic character to a non-sympathetic character. Mary’s husband comes home at the beginning of the story and it’s clear that her husband is not cooperative. Usually, the Maloney’s go out for dinner on Thursday, but Mary can see her husband’s lack of interest in going out. She changes plans; ‘“If your too tired to eat out,” she went on, “it’s still not to late there’s plenty of meat in the freezer, you can have it right there and not even move.”’ It’s obvious Mary cares a lot about her husband, and she’s willing to break her routine just to keep him happy. She is so caring for her husband, who is someone that doesn’t give her the time of day.
throughout the story, Mary Maloney changes from a sympathetic character to a non-sympathetic character. Mary’s husband comes home at the beginning of the story and it’s clear that her husband is not cooperative. Usually, the Maloney’s go out for dinner on Thursday, but Mary can see her husband’s lack of interest in going out. She changes plans; ‘“If your too tired to eat out,” she went on, “it’s still not to late there’s plenty of meat in the freezer, you can have it right there and not even move.”’ It’s obvious Mary cares a lot about her husband, and she’s willing to break her routine just to keep him happy. She is so caring for her husband, who is someone that doesn’t give her the time of day.