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How Does The Author Use Situational Irony In Lamb To The Slaughter

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Does the story,"The Necklace" or "Lamb to the Slaughter", have a better job of showing situational irony. The story "The Necklace" does a better job of showing situational irony. It values the idea to not be selfish. Although the story "The Necklace" shows more situational irony ,the story "Lamb to the Slaughter" didn't have as much situational irony because the lady Mrs. Maloney was partly crazy and she was pregnant which gives crazy like hormones. …show more content…

Mathilde was being very selfish at the beginning because she complained about not having fine clothes or having enough space in her huge apartment. She wanted to be envied and fascinating even though she was in middle class. Her husband had saved 400 franks in order to buy a rifle so in the summer he can go he can go hunting with his friends. But her selfishness made him give her the money for a new dress for a ball everyone is going too.She be's even more greedy and asks for a necklace but her husband says no so she gets one from her friend .At the end of the ball she looses the necklace and tries to replace it but cant.She looses everything and makes deals with lone sharks just to replace the necklace which costs thirty four thousand francs for 10 years."Oh my poor Mathilde .But mine was fake.Why at most it was worth only five hundred francs." This is a quote from the story that her friend Mme. Loisel ,says that the necklace was just 500 francs and it was fake.So Mathilde went through all that trouble and lost everything for nothing.That shows more situational

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