Mary Maloney: The Murder Of Patrick Moloney

On these terms, Patrick’s poor announcement to the pregnant Mrs.Maloney immediately imposed fear upon her. With doing so, Mary was utterly livid and let her emotions get the best of her. As expected, Mary Maloney then went on to viciously attack and kill her unwitting husband. Clearly, Mary could not manage to control her emotions, and took matters into her own hands by be ridding of the

According to the police department, Patrick came home soon after 5pm and was waiting for dinnertime,when his wife Mrs. Mary Maloney left for the grocery store across the street to get some vegetables for no more than twenty minutes and came back home to find her husband dead on the living room floor. “The neighbors didn't witness the attack on Mr. Maloney. stated detective “O'Malley.

The reader has the one piece of information Patrick does not have, that Mary Maloney is behind him about to hit him with a leg of lamb. This makes the reader feel surprised because when Mary was waiting for her husband she was so excited but then just minutes later she ends up killing him. Second, just a little bit after the last event, some of the detectives that came over went out to talk to Sam, the grocer, about the case and when the came back to Mary Maloney’s house, Mary overhears them talking about how she could never kill her husband. While Mary Maloney is grieving the death of her husband, “she heard a few of the whispered phrases- ... acted quite normal … very cheerful … wanted to give him a good supper … peas … cheesecake … impossible that she …”

First and foremost, Mary Maloney had over reacted to her husband's news. This was not the typical overreaction with whining and crying. Mary maloney had killed her husband. In the story Mary maloney receives bad news from her husband. Mary then goes downstairs to grab a leg of lamb for dinner but instead of making it, she smashed it on

I believe Mary Maloney’s actions should be condemned, by the reasoning of her actions as being wicked. Throughout the story Mary has committed homicide, plead not guilty for her husband's death and has given false statements to police officers, which under the Canadian law are all crimes. Regardless of the prior event when Patrick gives shocking news to his wife, which I assume is about leaving her, Mary’s actions are not acceptable. Even after killing Patrick there was a chance Mary could do the right thing and plead guilty, which she did not, making her continue with her bad actions. Overall, I believe Mary’s actions should be condemned because even if life is tragic there is no reason to kill her husband or a human being.

Do you believe that Mary Maloney should be charged with second degree murder of her husband? The Lamb To The Slaughter by Roald Dahl, is a short story about a woman who killed her husband with a frozen leg of a lamb. Mary Maloney was in the heat of the moment, when she killed her husband who was divorcing her. Then, Mary Maloney cooked the weapon, that she used to kill her husband and fed it to the officers. She covered up the evidenced and also had an alby for the day. Mary Maloney is guilty, and is charged with second degree murder for the killing of her husband. The evidence shows the weapon, motive, and the premitation.

Mrs. Maloney is your normal housewife, she sits at home in suspense waiting for her prized husband to return home from work. Her relationship with her husband Patrick is

Mary Maloney is a sympathetic character because she covered up Patrick’s death to protect her baby. All of the tricking and deceiving she did was to save her unborn child from what could have happened as a result of her actions. She did not know what the laws were for murdered with unborn babies and she did not want to find out. Dahl states, “ What were the laws about murderers with unborn children? Did they kill both-mother and child? Or did they wait until the tenth month? Mary Maloney didn’t know. And she certainly wasn’t prepared to take a chance” (3). Mary’s number one concern was for her baby. She did not want

At the beginning of the story, Mary Maloney loves and adores her husband, this does not last very long. Dahl uses simple but strong sentences to portray the killing of Patrick Maloney “At the point, Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head.” This illustrates Mrs. Maloney walking without any hesitation, killing her beloved husband and this also exemplifies the ultimate transformation of Mrs. Maloney from her calm behavior to being over dramatic. Another detail that this phrase demonstrates is that Patrick is so focused in his thoughts that he doesn’t sense his wife walking up towards him. Dahl reveals this unexpected transformation of Mary Maloney through her actions and thoughts. Another phrase that exemplifies Mrs. Maloney’s change in character is when she thinks to herself, after killing Patrick, “‘All right,’ she told herself. ‘So I’ve killed him.’” This illustrates Mrs. Maloney’s impeccable life, or what she conceives to be her life is demolished. At this point of the story, Dahl uses direct and indirect sentences to develop the protagonist and to show the complete transformation of Mrs. Maloney and brings her to

While doing her everyday routine, and waiting for her husband little did she know this would be his last day coming home. At about ten minutes till five she heard Patrick’s car arrive. Marry started her day like any other sewing and greeting Patrick at the door. After she poured him a drink he finished it fast and got back up to get another. Patrick then told Mary he was leaving her for another woman, in this case she had a sudden reaction. With all the opportunities present, she did something she never thought she would do. She killed her husband with malice causing her to be guilty of second degree murder.

She was there to buy peas, potatoes and corn for dinner. She was not there when Patrick was killed; it could not have been her. When same came home she was surprised that her husband was killed. It might have been a skilled ex-convict that he was capable of killing Patrick. The ex-convict must have wanted revenge on Patrick for arresting and sending him to jail. There was also no evidence of a murder weapon. There were also no fingerprints on the body. Mary couldn’t have killed him with her own bare fists. Without a weapon, what would she have killed him

On July, 24th 2001. A late Wednesday evening, Patrick Maloney Senior Detective was found dead in his home located in Chicago. Mr. Maloney's wife Mary Maloney, explained to the media that she "returned home to her husband's lifeless body on the floor. "Mr. Maloney was struck on the back of the head with a heavy blunt object. The weapon and or the perpetrator have not yet been identified. We believe the murderer was one of Mr. Maloney's enemy's" Explained Police Chief O'Neal. Mrs. Maloney explained to the media that when Patrick returned home she was sewing and he was tired, so tired he hadn't wanted to go out for supper, so she walked to the grocer on Square Ave. to buy vegetables, and when she returned home she found Patrick dead on the ground.

At first glance, the woman on trial today seems caring, but looks can be deceiving. Mrs. Maloney’s demeanor portrays innocence, but this woman is maniacal. I bet the jury is wondering why and how an frail, sweet, and seemingly loving housewife could kill the love of her life. The death of Mr.Maloney only has one logical explanation. The vile housewife went to the store after she killed Patrick, even though she claims she went to the store and then found her husband dead.

To start off, it can be clearly seen from the short story that Mary Maloney is guilty. She makes a conscious effort to make sure she reacts as if she has not committed this crime in the text “Lamb to Slaughter” she says, “If she finds anything unusual or terrible when she got home, then it would be a shock and she would have to react with grief and horror.”(Dahl 383) By her stating this it shows that she knows she is guilty and that she killed her husband. The main reason I chose this quote was that it shows that she knows what she is talking about and that she has to act like this otherwise she will be caught and

The next several paragraphs prove just how much Mary loved her husband and explain why "She loved to luxuriate in the presence of this man". However, the more reasons Mary gives for loving her husband and the more attempts she makes to please him it becomes clearer and clearer that something is wrong - Patrick is avoiding conversation and is becoming increasingly more irritated with Mary for her attempts to please to him. When Mr. Malloney cannot bear another moment of the fuss that has been created around him by his wife, he loses his nerve and tells at Mary to "just for a minute, sit down". Patrick tells his wife, which by the evidence in the text I assume is, that he is leaving her.