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        <title><![CDATA["Lamb to the Slaughter" is a very clever tale of a woman's quick...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/lamb-slaughter/q-and-a/what-significance-irony-foreshadowing-black-humor-118287</link>
        <description><![CDATA["Lamb to the Slaughter" is a very clever tale of a woman's quick response to a difficult situation.
Irony exists in the tale in Mrs. Maloney's reaction to the news of her husband leaving her.  For the entire beginning of the story, Dahl paints her as a doting, overly-concerned, rather weak-minded character who lives only for her husband and his bidding.  We would not expect her to brutally murder him just minutes later, but, that is what she...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:24:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the significance of irony, foreshadowing, and black humor in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the significance of irony, foreshadowing, and black humor in "Lamb to the Slaughter"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:49:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When Mary Maloney's husband gets home from work, there are signs of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When Mary Maloney's husband gets home from work, there are signs of stress; he drinks all of his drink in one gulp, is non-communicative, and seems especially tired.  Mary is concerned; she worries about him and the day that he has had.  She wonders what has made him so tired.  Mary's worry manifests itself through fretting, additional offers of service, extra attention and care, and probing questions.
For example, as he downs his drink,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:01:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Lamb to the Slaughter," how does Mary Maloney's worry show itself at...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "Lamb to the Slaughter," how does Mary Maloney's worry show itself at the beginning of the story?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:45:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sure.  I love that story.  Continuing it is a bit of a challenge,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sure.  I love that story.  Continuing it is a bit of a challenge, though, because it seems to be so well self-contained.  I think I have an idea, though.
In the story, the reader is never told why Patrick wants to leave his wife.  We miss that conversation.  The most reasonable idea, though, is that he has taken another woman on the side.  This seems to fit well with the "silent rage" the woman felt when when killed her husband...only a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:59:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My class came up with how in the story, parts talked about Mary's "soft...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/lamb-slaughter/q-and-a/how-tittle-story-connected-with-whole-story-what-10531</link>
        <description><![CDATA[My class came up with how in the story, parts talked about Mary's "soft skin" and "dark eyes" like a lamb. She eventually lays down the slaughter. The title is ironic because usually you think of slaughter to the lamb, then someone eats the lamb. But, the lamb brought the slaughter, and someone eats the lamb. Also, my classmate thought this story was an allusion to "Mary had a Little Lamb". When she said that, we all shuddered. By the way, if...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:47:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can anyone think of a continuation of the story "Lamb to the Slaughter?"...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can anyone think of a continuation of the story "Lamb to the Slaughter?"  Or a "prequel?"]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:36:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lamb to the slaughter,
i think that the title has somekind of ironic...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Lamb to the slaughter,
i think that the title has somekind of ironic sense refering to Ms. Maloney. Lamb is supposed to be pure, innocent like Mrs. Maloney who is a docile, loving, subservient housewife however things has changed, and lamb was used as a killing weapon and a manipulative tool (slaughter). In other hand, Mrs. Maloney turns into an independent, cruel woman.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:21:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[First off Mary was pregnant, which makes her an unlikely...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/lamb-slaughter/q-and-a/lamb-slaughter-why-did-dectectives-not-suspect-108749</link>
        <description><![CDATA[First off Mary was pregnant, which makes her an unlikely and sympathetic individual in such a condition. Second, the police officers all knew her as a very sweet and familiar person because her husband worked on the force. Third, after the murder, she had convinced herself so perfectly about her story that even she believed it:

That’s the way, she told herself.  Do everything right and natural.  Keep things absolutely natural and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:19:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Because Mary loved her husband and showed it to his co-workers, then...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Because Mary loved her husband and showed it to his co-workers, then went to the store owned by Sam to make sure that they would be convinced.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:30:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Lamb to the Slaughter," why did the dectectives not suspect Mary as...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/lamb-slaughter/q-and-a/lamb-slaughter-why-did-dectectives-not-suspect-108749</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In "Lamb to the Slaughter," why did the dectectives not suspect Mary as the murderer?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:08:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Comparisons:
1. Both stories are written by authors who focus on the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/lamb-slaughter/q-and-a/what-some-contrasts-comparisons-between-short-44335</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Comparisons:
1. Both stories are written by authors who focus on the hidden potential for evil or harm in everyone.  Dahl and Jackson seem to enjoy exploring the dark side of human nature.
2. Both stories feature women who appear to be harmless--Mary Maloney, a pregnant police officer's wife in "Lamb," and Miss Strangeworth, an old-time resident of a small town--but who take joy in outsmarting others.  Mary, once she has killed her husband,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:34:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yeah, I also agree that black humor is the main theme of the story "Lamb...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yeah, I also agree that black humor is the main theme of the story "Lamb to the Slaughter". This book typically represents Ronald Dahl dark and dry sense of humor, and the outcome of the story typically expressed sense of innocence of the naive person being led to some sort of imminent danger.
First, the slaughter of the lamb is actually a real killing, not some metaphorical object representing something else. Next, the readers will all know...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:10:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This question has been previously asked and answered. Please see the...]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:39:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How is Mary's behaviour different in Lamb to the Slaughter after the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/lamb-slaughter/q-and-a/how-marys-behaviour-diffrent-today-103233</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How is Mary's behaviour different in Lamb to the Slaughter after the incident?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:25:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I would like to know more about the syntax and diction in this story.]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/lamb-slaughter/q-and-a/would-like-know-more-about-theme-irony-symbolism-102787</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I would like to know more about the syntax and diction in this story.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/lamb-slaughter/q-and-a/would-like-know-more-about-theme-irony-symbolism-102787</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:52:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mary shows her observant nature throughout the entire storyline.  We...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/lamb-slaughter/q-and-a/mary-maloney-observant-calculating-till-end-101229</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Mary shows her observant nature throughout the entire storyline.  We see it first in how she notices that her husband is behaving strangely; he chugs his entire cup of whiskey.  She is so observant that Dahl writes:

"She wasn’t really watching him, but she knew what he had done because she heard the ice cubes falling back against the bottom of the empty glass when he lowered his arm."

Not even looking at her husband, she knows he has...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:41:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Lamb to the Slaughter" is Mary Maloney observant and calculating...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "Lamb to the Slaughter" is Mary Maloney observant and calculating till the end?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:59:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[After Mary Maloney realizes that she has killed her husband, her...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/lamb-slaughter/q-and-a/mary-maloney-cool-calculating-murder-discuss-100517</link>
        <description><![CDATA[After Mary Maloney realizes that she has killed her husband, her reaction is very calm, considering the circumtances.  One might expect her to freak out, to go into hysterics, to weep and sob, to have a panic attack, to pace about, etc.  Instead, she calmly assesses the situation.  Dahl writes of her reaction,

"All right, she told herself.  So I’ve killed him.  It was extraordinary, now, how clear her mind became all of a sudden......]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/lamb-slaughter/q-and-a/mary-maloney-cool-calculating-murder-discuss-100517</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:27:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Lamb to the Slaughter" Mary Maloney is cool and calculating when it...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "Lamb to the Slaughter" Mary Maloney is cool and calculating when it comes to murder. Discuss.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:27:12 PST</pubDate>
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