Lamb to the slaughter 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Today's goals

After today's lesson, you can

- You can analyze a short story.

- You understand and know how to use the correct terminology for the analysis. 

What tragic news does Patrick give Mary at the beginning of the book? How do you think this impacts her emotionally? How does she react?

What does Patrick Maloney tell Mary before she kills him?

1. He does not like her cooking.
2. That he is not happy with his job.
3. That he is having an affair.
4. That he wasn't hungry.

Write your impression of Mary Maloney as a wife. Multiple answers are possible.

Why does Mary make multiple attempts to get Patrick to eat when he is upset?

What is the significance of Patrick's profession and Mary's interaction with the police?
(name two reasons)

The police will look for a killer more vigorously if a fellow officer is killed, but also that she knows the officers who will investigate the crime. This means that they are more likely to be comfortable with her. 

Also important is the understanding that Mary is likely to have an alibi and spared from being arrested for the crime. 

Finally, as the wife of a police detective, Mary has almost certainly heard many stories about crimes that he has solved and how he has done it.

Why does Mary go to the grocery store?

Justify the title of the story "Lamb to the Slaughter."

The story's title refers to the widely used phrase "like a lamb to the slaughter", meaning an innocent person being unknowingly led to his or her demise. The expression might be used, for example, when someone is called into a meeting to be fired.

Instead of being innocent, the lamb becomes associated with wrongdoing. As the murder weapon, this lamb is also the only evidence that can prove Mary committed the murder

Who is the protagonist (main character) in "The Lamb to the Slaughter?"

1. Jack Noonan, the detective
2. Mary Maloney
3. Patrick Maloney
4. Sam, the greengrocer

Who is the antagonist in the story?

1. Mary Maloney
2. Patrick Maloney
3. Jack Noonan
4. the detectives

What happens to the murder weapon?

1. Mary threw it away.
2. Mary puts it back into the freezer.
3. Jack Noonan found it under the sofa.
4. The detectives ate it.

Who is the dynamic character, why?

What are some themes of Lamb to the Slaughter?

What is the main message of "Lamb to the slaughter"?

The main message is that appearances can be deceiving. Mary looks like a grieving housewife, but she is in fact a cold-blooded killer. The murder weapon appears to be some heavy tool but is in the fact the main ingredient in the dinner Mary prepared