In the story we know that Mary Maloney murdered her husband, but the police do not. They think that Mary couldn’t have done it because she deeply loves her husband and is with child. “’Personally I think the weapon is somewhere near the house.’ ‘It’s probably right under our noses. What do you think Jack?’ And in the other room, Mary Maloney began to laugh.” Here is a perfect example of dramatic irony, because we know what the weapon was and where the weapon is. The police have no clue that they are eating the weapon, and that they are eliminating the evidence of the crime. Mary knows that they are eating the evidence this is why she laughs, because she is getting away with
In the story we know that Mary Maloney murdered her husband, but the police do not. They think that Mary couldn’t have done it because she deeply loves her husband and is with child. “’Personally I think the weapon is somewhere near the house.’ ‘It’s probably right under our noses. What do you think Jack?’ And in the other room, Mary Maloney began to laugh.” Here is a perfect example of dramatic irony, because we know what the weapon was and where the weapon is. The police have no clue that they are eating the weapon, and that they are eliminating the evidence of the crime. Mary knows that they are eating the evidence this is why she laughs, because she is getting away with