Unborn child

In the story “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl, the protagonist, Mrs. Maloney, is characterized as being a dynamic character who goes from being a caring and loving wife to a calculating and ruthless murderer who doesn’t hesitate to do what needs to be done for her unborn baby. One way Roald Dahl shows Mrs. Maloney as a dynamic character who changes into someone who is ruthless is through her statements and actions. There are a few statements and actions that illustrate her change. The first is in the beginning of the story when Mrs. Maloney states, “But you have to have supper. I can easily fix you something. I’d like to do it” (1). This quote shows that in the beginning Mrs. Maloney loved and cared for her husband, and wanted to…

they should first consult the Bible and pray that God will show them the option that most closely aligns with what He says in His Word. Also, God is with them, helping them and guiding them to the most ethical decision and will not forsake them (Hebrews 13:5). Since God is the giver and sustainer of life and crafted each person in His image, aborting unborn babies violates God’s purpose for the child and His commandment of prohibiting murder. Ethical Dilemma In this…

With a baby on the way, it was supposed to house their family. However, as the history books can attest, it was not to be. Soon after construction on the house was completed, Emma had a miscarriage. Stricken with grief after losing their first child, Emma passed away. Her husband, Jacoby, followed a few years later, dying due to old age. However, it 's unclear how Emma passed away, since her husband refused to have an autopsy done on her body. Some people say that Jacoby was the cause of Emma 's…

identity which gives rise to alienation, it’s like they are physically and psychologically displaced. They are physically in the host country but psychologically their minds are in their homeland. This chapter titled “Understanding Cultural Displacement of Women through the eyes of Children” intends to talk about how children had played a vital role in and how they had reflect on the lives of immigrant woman characters, while at the same time, how women are portrayed in a patriarchal system. For…

Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter” INTRODUCTION My analysis of Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” reveals the murder of police detective Patrick Maloney. The story depicts a tale of a loyal wife’s reaction to her husband’s betrayal. The story is an irregular day in Mary’s regular life. She makes the day turn around by murdering her husband and smartly covering it up, leaving the detectives with no possible way to excuse “innocent” Mary of murder. This short story, we are taught…

Parents have moral obligation to their children, once there are conceived. There are some who would not agree that a fetus is not fully recognized as a person. Instead, they are seen as subjects to the decisions of their mother. The scenario of Jessica and Marco a young couple who are struggling to gain financial stability found out that their unborn child is malformed and may have other developmental problems which are likely to contribute to financial expenses as well as a poor quality of…

At first the hills are vaguely described as “white” surrounded by “brown, dry” country which suggests that the landscape she is looking at is baron and void of life (635). This description serves as a subtle allusion to how she may inwardly feel her life may become if she makes the decision to have the abortion. Outwardly however, she initially nonchalantly expresses, “They [the hills] look like white elephants” (635). A white elephant is known in to symbolize something unwanted. In this case…

The train station for example is set between two fields or sort of hilly valleys. One side of the station is brown and very dry, while another is very green, full of trees, and full of color (Mays 591/593). This area represents the two options Jig must face. The side that is full of color represents life. In this case it would be the unborn child’s life. The other side is the dry and dull side that represents death in this case if Jig decides to have the abortion the baby would die. Jig is the…

Initially with the old wharf is ‘’dark, very dark’’ followed by the one lantern with its timid light that ‘’burned softly’’. Then afterwards in this quotation ‘’the black thread glove…against his cheeks’’ in this sentence the image of black and white is represented by the black glove touching his supposedly white cheeks and countless other imageries of that nature during the rest of the story until the last end ‘’ black frame’’ and ‘’white tuft’’. This contrast of colors may suggest that there…

When the doctor told me that my unborn child did not develop arm or legs, my heart dropped. You could imagine my excruciating heartbreak finding out the bad news. There was no holding back the tears, no matter how hard I tried to cover my emotions. That day I was supposed to find out if I was pregnant with a boy or girl, not that my child had a severe birth defect. Regularly, I thought of the things my son would not be able to do; crying because I felt remorse for him. It was extremely…