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    life that can be considered insane. Sometimes it’s simple things like trying a new food or a new hobby However, other times it can bit more extreme such as stepping outside of the status quo or just simple committing a crime altogether. The story, “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl depicts the life of Mary Maloney and the event of her killing her husband. However, Mary Maloney is innocent due to reason of Insanity because she portrays symptoms of a person with schizophrenia, the forced conformity

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    Undoubtedly, William Blake was indeed one of those monumental writers who paved the way for new thinking. A thinking of the human soul and two intricate parts that join to fulfill a soul. Both pairs of the soul are illustrated in both The Tyger and The Lamb. Both poems being commonly referred to as staples of poetry, can allude to different ideas. Man believe they deal with the questions such as, ‘who is the creator?’ and ‘why did he create us?’ Rather I believe that while yes those are key thoughts with

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    Through out time, young sheep have always been described as pure, tender, and innocent. Even in the Holy Bible, lambs are talked about in such high honor that they were even used to be holy sacrifices during biblical times. William Blake describes the young sheep in similar characteristics in the poem “The Lamb” and “The Tyger”. A tiger as we know its characteristics to be is fierce and mysterious. Always lurking around, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. In William Blake’s two separate

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    The Lamb and the Tyger with innocence, religion, and coming of age. On the surface the Lamb and the Tyger seem to be two separate poems with two separate meanings. But in reality these two poems are connected and share a similar message. While they are together and have sort of hidden meanings they also can tell the same story, just different parts. Examining closer you can see concepts of creation, ageing, and art The lamb is of course a child and the lamb are a representation of a child’s wonder

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    The Lamb and The Tyger William Blake, a prominent poet in the late 1800s, wrote some of the most meaningful pieces that are still looked at today by many. Poems are unique because they must arrive to the point while also compacting all of the necessary literary devices needed for a concise message. William Blake does just this especially in his contrasting poems The Lamb and The Tyger. The poems The Tyger and The Lamb along with their literary devices coexist in order to create romanticism and

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    things through the body of something different. For example a lamb symbolizing innocents. Throughout the reading of the Lamb, and Tyger there are symbols that represent certain things that tie into a personal relation. The first story, The Lamb by William Blake shows us the use of archetypes. In the story we are told of the emotion of innocents “Gave thee such a tender voice making all the vales rejoice.” (The Lamb pg. 748). The lamb in this case is known as the symbol of innocents because it’s

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    Popular mechanics and lamb to the slaughter In the story popular mechanics and the story lamb the slaughter I thought it was interesting how they interconnected with one another it's like to story for the same book just a little difference. The story lamb to the slaughter was so good but a little crazy with all that happened at once to it was kinda messed up and disturbing but still a good story.Now the story popular mechanics was more like a regular messed up divorce or something and with the

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    “Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations” (Bentley Little). In the book ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ by Roald Dahl, the main character Mary Maloney ends up committing a serious crime by murdering her husband who is a detective. Mary Maloney is a conniving criminal aware of and responsible for her lawless action due to her being Malice. Mary’s quick thinking, her actions after the crime, and her giggling proves to show her being

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    Rationale: I was inspired by the character and language usage in Lamb to the Slaughter. I have attempted to show Mary’s behavior and thoughts through visual imagery (e.g. licking black lipstick to return to red lips), symbolism (e.g. red lips symbolize new life), foreshadowing (e.g. she had loved him), starting sentences with conjunctions (and, so) and black comedy (Mary was secretly dating another person as well), all literary devices used in the original story. I have also focused more on describing

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    “The Silence of the Lambs” premiered in 1991. This movie is about a young female FBI agent Clarice Starling, she is assigned to help find a missing woman who has been kidnapped by a psychopathic serial killer who has been skinning his victims. Clarice tries to gain more insight into the psychopath’s mind, by talking to Hannibal Lecter another psychopath, who before being arrested was a respected psychiatrist. Her Advisor FBI agent Crawford believes that Hannibal has the answers to their questions

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