Mrs. Maloney got away with murder. In the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” a faithful housewife murders her husband in a moment of pure insanity and buries the evidence. Her appearance as an attentive devoted homemaker rules her out as a suspect in her husband’s demise. Mary Maloney is a dynamic character because of the internal changes she experiences during the story. The events in the story lead her to murder her husband and those events distort her. She went from a loving wife to a cunning murderer.
Mrs. Maloney went from a joyful spouse that spent the whole day looking forward to her husband coming home, to being angry enough to kill. In the beginning she can’t contain her excitement, “she merely wanted to satisfy herself that each minute that went by made it nearer the time when he would come home” (1), this quote shows how Mary looks forward to her true love coming home during the day. Her delight is …show more content…
Maloney transforms throughout the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter”. She starts out as a simple housewife, and the events that take place in the story cause her to develop as a character. She went from being dependent on her husband to being capable to take care of herself. She became self sufficient. These changes make her an dynamic character. Mary Maloney went from a weak minded little twit to a cold-blooded killer. After she knocks him unconscious and declares him dead, she instantly becomes calm and her Instincts kicks in. She knew exactly what to do, “It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of sudden. She began thinking very fast. As a wife of a detective, she knew what the punishment would be” (2), quickly she started plotting and she came up with her alibi. Her difference in mindset from being angry and confused to calm and determined to protect herself and her baby is an example of Mrs. Maloney’s character growing and changing. The transition from panicked to collected shows an internal change in Mrs.
Mrs. Maloney went from a joyful spouse that spent the whole day looking forward to her husband coming home, to being angry enough to kill. In the beginning she can’t contain her excitement, “she merely wanted to satisfy herself that each minute that went by made it nearer the time when he would come home” (1), this quote shows how Mary looks forward to her true love coming home during the day. Her delight is …show more content…
Maloney transforms throughout the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter”. She starts out as a simple housewife, and the events that take place in the story cause her to develop as a character. She went from being dependent on her husband to being capable to take care of herself. She became self sufficient. These changes make her an dynamic character. Mary Maloney went from a weak minded little twit to a cold-blooded killer. After she knocks him unconscious and declares him dead, she instantly becomes calm and her Instincts kicks in. She knew exactly what to do, “It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of sudden. She began thinking very fast. As a wife of a detective, she knew what the punishment would be” (2), quickly she started plotting and she came up with her alibi. Her difference in mindset from being angry and confused to calm and determined to protect herself and her baby is an example of Mrs. Maloney’s character growing and changing. The transition from panicked to collected shows an internal change in Mrs.