inform the judge and jury that Mary Maloney had a stable mindset while she committed the murder of Patrick Maloney, it was no temporary insanity. Mr. and Mrs. Maloney were happily married and expecting their first child until Mr. Maloney came home one evening and decided to leave Mary. That is when out of nowhere she killed him with a frozen lamb leg. Mrs. Maloney needs to be proven guilty and that is what we will do. It implies that there was a certain schedule when Patrick came home from work; they
women that he has been seeing for 4 months. Mary Moloney never intended on killing her beloved husband, but due to this we believe she should be charged with second degree murder. For our first piece of evidence is Patrick leaving Mary for another women. When Patrick got home that day it was no surprise that Mary was waiting for him. She automatically knew he was acting strange. He then said “I’ve got something
being sentenced to prison, for she was diagnosed insane. If Mary Moloney was in court for the murder of her husband, she would be in a mental institution. In lamb to the slaughter, by Roald Dahl, Mary Moloney over reacts and kills her husband using a frozen leg of lamb. Mary had killed Patrick, her husband, because she had received bad news, but the audience does not know what the news is. In Lamb to the Slaughter, by Roald Dahl, Mary Maloney portrays insanity because she overreacted and killed her
the wife shows love for her husband and a while later, murders him. She acts innocent in front of the police and they believe her due to her appearance. “The Landlady” is about a woman who invites a man into her home with kindness. Later, she kills and stuffs him. This comes to show that what a woman presents herself as might not be who she really is. Dahl develops the theme of