In Roald Dahl’s narrative Lamb to the Slaughter, Dahl displays the use of literary devices such as various types of irony throughout his writing to make it more effective. The first type of irony seen in Dahl's story is situational irony, when Dahl describes Mary Maloney's emotions towards her husband. The author examples Marys emotions as, “For her this was always a blissful time of day. She loved to luxuriate in the presence of this man, and to feel- almost as a sunbather feels the sun- that warm male glow that came out of home when they were alone together” (Dahl 1). Although we get the impression that Mary is devoted and loving to her husband it comes as a shock when we discover that she kills her husband. As we did not foresee these to