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who wrote the lamb of the slaughter?
roald dahi
when was the author born?
september 13, 1916
what did he enjoy doing to other students at his boarding school?
pranking them
what was one of his pranks?
he put a dead mouse in a jar of gobstoppers
he's second boarding school had a ritual of what two things?
ritual cruelty and beatings
what was his second boarding school (what did they test)?
they were testers for cadbury candybars
what did he become later in life?
a spy
what did he do as a spy?
supplied intelligence
where did he supply intelligence?
washington to MI6
why was he a spy?
to help churchill get on with roosevelt
what valve did he help develop?
hydrocephalus
when did he die?
november 23, 1990
what is the pov of the lamb of the slaughter?
third person limited
what is the genre?
horror/dark comedy
what is the setting(s)?
the maloney's house, the grocery store, and the basement
who are the main characters and how does their relationship look like?
mary and patrick maloney (mary is a clingy wife while patrick is a controlling husband)
the police were...
oblivious
write in what YOU think partick told mary
he was cheating on her or going to divorce her or both!
what two bible books was the title used in?
Jeremiah and Isaiah
what does the lamb of the slaughter mean?
someone who goes innocently into a dangerous or life threatening situation
what figure language is used in the phrase 'the lamb of the slaughter'?
symbolism, metaphor, and irony
write who YOU think is the lamb of the slaughter and explain why
could be mary or patrick. mary because she went into that relationship innocently not knowing hes cheating on her. patrick because he went home innocently not knowing hell literally get killed
exposition
mary is waiting for patrick to come home
catalyst
mary wants to make dinner for patrick but he seems nervous and anxious
rising action
patrick finally tells mary the thing that was making him nervous/anxious
climax
mary hits patrick on the head with a leg of a lamb and kills him
falling action
~mary goes to the store, while acting normal, to get food ~mary calls police. when they get there, shes crying (acting like shes nit the one who killed him)
resolution
mary tells the police to eat the lamb so she can get rid of the evidence/weapon. she got way with it.
"there was a slow smiling air about her..."
personification
"...the ice cubes tinkled against the side."
personification
"...almost as the sunbather feels the sun..."
simile
"...she heard the ice cubes clinking against the side of the glass."
onamonapia
"...he went further and further away from her with each word."
metaphor
"She might just as well have hit him with a steel club."
simile
"'Get the weapon, and you've got the man.'"
irony
".'..just like from a sledgehammer.'"
simile
"'Probably right under our very noses.'"
irony
write what YOU think the theme is and explain it.
wrong identity- mary is the last person on the police’s list on checking. why would she use food anyways? she staged everything in a way were the police would be confused by
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