Symbolism In Lamb To The Slaughter

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When it comes to female murderers, poison is usually the way they go, it is easier than using brute strength. In Lamb to the Slaughter a woman is overcome with rage at her husband's infidelities and kills him with his own dinner, a lamb. In the short story Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl uses rhetorical devices to show that the betrayal of trust can unveil one’s true motives through a catastrophic event.
Mary Maloney is a kind, patient women. From the beginning she shows these qualities. As “she heard the tires on the gravel outside, and the car door slamming, the footsteps passing the window, the key turning in the lock ,” (Dahl 1) she greets her husband. Mary is always making sure her husband has everything he needs. She even already had
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