Roald Dahl

In both the short story and Alfred Hitchcock’s film adaptation of “Lamb to the Slaughter”, by Roald Dahl, the important plot elements of the short story stayed about the same. Mary Maloney was a pregnant housewife in the 1950’s who murdered her husband because he wanted to leave her. She was obsessive about their relationship and overwhelmed with such rage and disbelief about his decision to leave her, that she killed him. Mary covered it up by going out to buy groceries and pretending that she…

Throughout ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ and Gone Girl, Roald Dahl and Gillian Flynn originally portray their central female characters, Mary Maloney and Amy Dunne, as innocent and devoted wives. However, both authors essentially flip this perception of harmlessness upside down through the use of characterisation and reader positioning. Dahl uses imagery and irony, whilst Flynn uses first person, point of view dialogue, and symbolism to uncover the manipulative and unempathetic interior of the two…

Lamb to the Slaughter Theme Paragraph "Lamb to the Slaughter" is a short story written by Roald Dahl and tells of two betrayals: Patrick Maloney's unexplained decision to leave his pregnant wife and Mary Maloney’s killing of her husband right after which concludes to be the ultimate betrayal. Patrick Maloney betrays his pregnant wife by telling her news, which requires him to leave her and their child. Mary Maloney is at home waiting for her beloved husband, Patrick to come home…

Mary Maloney killed her husband, In the story “Lamb to the Slaughter” Roald Dahl describes Mary Maloney’s reaction to her husband's news. Mrs. Maloney shows very atypical, clever and manipulative skills throughout the story but more so after having killed her husband. The author Dahl wrote this short story in the 1950’s when women were expected to be housewives after working in the place of men. Men were now back from world war II and they expected to be well treated by their wives. Not every…

In some stories, the reasoning and inspiration for the title is either found out instantly or at the end, and in some stories the title isn’t ever truly figured out unless you really think about it. The short story “Poison” by Roald Dahl is appropriately titled because of the story's plot and the simmering tension between Harry and Ganderbai, which could be seen as 'poison' in the way it effectively shows how racism and discrimination are ugly and horrible infections in our society. Firstly, The…

his head.” From only reading this, the reader is simply astounded. Imagine seeing this comical scene in a movie. Viewers would be left stupefied and full of laughter. “Lamb to the Slaughter” would make a phenomenal movie for teenage audiences and Roald Dahl fans. It consists of all the qualities that are trending in blockbuster films which are action, thriller, comedy, drama, family and crime. This short story includes a little bit of all these previously stated genres as written in “The 11…

this thought of assassination has come to the killer's mind before his first kill because he would know it would be a fun hobby to do. Similarly, in “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl, Dahl demonstrates these symptoms on The Landlady. Dahl explains that The Landlady didn't have trouble “not in the least” with her stuffing obsessions (Dahl 4). Obviously, people don’t go around stuffing everything they own. The Landlady is clearly diagnosed with serial killing because of the actions she takes with…

are called “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl and “Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. These two stories get you wondering what was going to happen next and wanting to read more. About these stories will be talked about, “The Landlady”, “Tell-Tale Heart” and the differences between the two, and the similarities. “The Landlady”, and “Tell-Tale Heart” are very different. I the end of “The Landlady” nobody knew where the fate of Billy Weaver was going to go since Roald Dahl did not tell the end of…

Have you ever heard of someone getting killed with a lamb leg? The story that I recently read was Lamb to the Slaughter, by Roald Dahl. This story is a fiction short story. The main idea of this story is Patrick Maloney's unexplained decision to leave his vulnerable, pregnant wife. The theme is the usage of betrayal, and violation of marriage. “ Treat other the way you want to be treated”. In Mrs. Maloney and Mr.Maloney’s home, there was a scarcity of love in their home in the 1950s. Around 5pm…

Revenge can be extremely violent and result to death for adults, while children’s acts of vengeance remain to be significantly different. Roald Dahl is a famous children’s author who has written several classics that incorporate revenge, such as “James and The Giant Peach” and “Matilda” (“Roald Dahl Biography”). In the film adaptation of Dahl’s book, Matilda, she uses her acts of revenge against her abusive and neglectful parents, and the equally abusive character of The Trunchbull, as well as…