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    Mary Maloney kills her husband in a moment of rage after he tells her he wants a divorce. To cover up her crime, she deceives the police and has them eat the murder weapon, a leg of lamb, while investigating the case. The irony is that the police discuss how the murder weapon is likely near them, unaware they are eating it. Mary is depicted as a loving wife driven to extreme measures by her husband's betrayal, showing how revenge can make people act out of character.

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    Mary Maloney kills her husband in a moment of rage after he tells her he wants a divorce. To cover up her crime, she deceives the police and has them eat the murder weapon, a leg of lamb, while investigating the case. The irony is that the police discuss how the murder weapon is likely near them, unaware they are eating it. Mary is depicted as a loving wife driven to extreme measures by her husband's betrayal, showing how revenge can make people act out of character.

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    Mary Maloney kills her husband in a moment of rage after he tells her he wants a divorce. To cover up her crime, she deceives the police and has them eat the murder weapon, a leg of lamb, while investigating the case. The irony is that the police discuss how the murder weapon is likely near them, unaware they are eating it. Mary is depicted as a loving wife driven to extreme measures by her husband's betrayal, showing how revenge can make people act out of character.

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    Mary Maloney kills her husband in a moment of rage after he tells her he wants a divorce. To cover up her crime, she deceives the police and has them eat the murder weapon, a leg of lamb, while investigating the case. The irony is that the police discuss how the murder weapon is likely near them, unaware they are eating it. Mary is depicted as a loving wife driven to extreme measures by her husband's betrayal, showing how revenge can make people act out of character.

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    Revenge Can Make Us Do Crazy Things

    Revenge can make us do crazy things. Mary Maloney had to be cunning and quick thinking, as
    well as deceive the police after she killed her husband in a moment of rage. The events that take place in
    Lamb to the Slaughter show us that we, as humans, can be drawn to doing things we wouldnt normally
    do in moments of shock or anger.

    Mary Maloney knows the consequences of killing her husband, but It made no difference to
    her(pg 154).Mary Maloney had already killed her husband, and to build herself an alibi she left his body
    there and traveled to the store with the claim that she needed to buy some things to finish dinner. She
    returned home and found him on the ground, right where she found him last, and began to cry. This
    situation is very ironic because she is the one that killed him, yet she is shocked to see him on the floor.
    The shock of seeing his dead body after leaving home and pretending everything was fine must have hit
    her very hard to be such a shock to her. Mary Maloney killed her husband, yet, when she saw him lying
    there on the floor[,] .. it really was rather a shock. (pg 155). Mary Maloney is a very quick thinking woman,
    as this quote shows us. She has killed her husband,and she knows the exact consequences and intends to
    avoid them. This quote indirectly shows us that she is very clever and can make quick decisions. which is a
    large portion of her character in this story.
    As Mary has the officers eating the leg of lamb that she used to kill her husband, the officers
    discuss how [the murder weapon is].. probably right under.. [their].. noses..(pg 156), while they dont know
    they are eating it.Mary Maloney already has tricked the officers into believing shes totally innocent in the
    case, and now she has them eating the murder weapon. This is very ironic, because the officers are
    discussing what the weapon could have been as they are eating the blunt object that killer Mr. Maloney.
    Mary is not only a woman, but she is pregnant, and in distress from her husband being dead, so it is

    Revenge Can Make Us Do Crazy Things


    entirely out of the question that she could have killed Mr. Maloney in the officers eyes.Mary loved her
    husband very much, so seeing him dead for the second time hurt more than the first, ...and she ran over to
    him, knelt down beside him [and]..began to cry her heart out.. No acting was necessary.All though she
    had been acting when she went to the store, she could not stand it and she began to cry once she saw her
    husband dead when she got home. She really did love him. Mary Maloney was a wonderful, loving
    housewife, up until Mr. Maloney gave her the news that he was leaving her.

    In Roald Dahls Lamb to the Slaughter, the author uses Mary Maloney to show how revenge can
    make humans doing things completely against something they would normally do, as well as show how in
    urgent times, humans can make quick decisions.

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