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Examples Of Situational Irony In Lamb Of The Slaughter

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The stories "The Necklace" and " Lamb of the Slaughter" bot show situational irony.I believe that "Lamb of the Slaughter" does a much better job of showing situational irony throughout the story. "The Necklace is about a lady named Madame Forestier who agrees to let Mathilde borrow her diamond necklace. Mathilde ends up losing the necklace and works for 10 years to buy a new one. Mathilde is a low-class lady so we understand that this was very hard for her. When she finishes paying off the diamond she decides to tell Madame Forestier that she lost the necklace. Her response was that the necklace was fake and and was only worth fifty hundred francs. One way this story does a good job establishing irony is by using foreshadowing.When Mathilde
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In “The Interlopers” and “The Necklace,” the irony is situational. The way it is situational is when the story ends something unexpected happening, like in “The Interlopers” how wolves came instead of their men, and in “The necklace” when Monsieur Loisel and Madame Loisel spent 10 years to pay off a necklace that cost 36,000 francs when the original cost only 500. In these 2 stories, it shows that irony leaves the readers wanting more, and it gives us a little bit of a surprise. Irony may leave the readers wanting more. I know of this for the fact that I have felt this when I read “The Interlopers” and “The Necklace” I was left wanting to know more and what happened after the story ended.

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In Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter,” dramatic and situational irony forward the plot. Dramatic irony is used when the character doesn't know about something but the reader does to further the plot. When the cops are investigating the case, one of them finds that the lamb in the oven is still cooking. Mary then comes up with the idea to offer the cops some lamb to eat. Mary comes up with an idea and says “Why don't you eat up that lamb that's in the oven?

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However, she is poor so she borrows a necklace from a friend. She did this instead of wearing flowers for a cheap 15 francs. Mathilde lost the necklace and had to pay it off over the next 10 years. She did this because she wanted to fit in and no one else would be wearing cheap flowers. The theme is also shown in this story by the fact the Mathilde wanted to wear jewelry.

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This is also an example of situational irony because the reader doesn’t expect that a good wife such as Mary Maloney would murder someone, especially not her husband. This adds suspense because the reader now has to wonder how she’ll get away with her crime, or if she even will. Another obvious example of irony occurs when the investigators can’t find the murder weapon. This is because the reader knows that the weapon, a leg of lamb, was in the oven the entire time. For example, on page 11, the investigators talk about the murder weapon; one of them says “Personally, I think it’s right here on the premises” (11).

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Sometimes people’s inner demons can no longer be contained when presented with put into intense situations. Throughout the story, Lamb to the Slaughter, Dahl presents the atmosphere created by a housewife as she begins change. But, nonetheless these inner demons can overpower individuals and transform their lives. Dahl uses situational irony, symbolism, and a powerful theme in “Lamb to the Slaughter” to show inner conflict that reveals Mary Maloney’s true character.

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In the ¨Lamb to the Slaughter,¨ Roald Dahl uses dramatic irony to convey the theme that situations are not always what they appear to be. The cops scan for the murder weapon which they believe is ¨probably right under¨ their ¨very noses¨ (Dahl 57). While the cops eat the lamb chop as well as try to decipher where the murder weapon is, they do not expect the murder weapon to be the food they consume; however, the reader knows that the murder weapon is the lamb chop. As the grocer is being interviewed by the detectives. According to him, it is ¨impossible that¨ Mary is the murderer (Dahl 55).

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Lamb to slaughter by Roald Dahl displays dramatic Irony in the story. Dramatic Irony is when the reader is more aware of what is occurring than the characters are. For instance, Mary Maloney, a main character throughout the text giggles at the fact that the policemen were eating the evidence of a murder, that she had committed. This is stated when one of the police officers said that the murder weapon is right under their noses. “Personally, they thought it's right here on the premises.

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All of the years she has spent being critically poor are for nothing. When Mathilde finally tells Madame Forestier what really happened to her necklace, she says “Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was worth at the very most five hundred francs” (8)! Madame Loisel realized then that all of the years she had spent in abject poverty were in vain.

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There have been around 286,000 cold murder cases since 1980 and more 90% than of people in the world have lied about something. In Lamb to the Slaughter, Mary lies to the cops because she knew the cops well and knew in the situation that was all she could do. She has to lie because she killed her husband by using a piece of lamb to hit him in the head. Then she cooked the lamb to get rid of the weapon. In lamb to the slaughter, Mary lies because she didn’t wanna go to jail.

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Sometimes people make a good first impression on other people, and they can get fooled into thinking that they are genuinely a good person. In “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl, Mary, a sweet pregnant lady, is waiting for her beloved husband to come home from work; little does she know that he has bad news for her. In this short story, there are many examples of dramatic and situational irony. Roald Dahl uses different kinds of irony to create suspense, and make the reader want to find out more. One clear example of situational irony is when Mary, who appears to be a sweet lady, kills her husband.

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