Comparing The Tell Tale Heart And Lamb To The Slaughter

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Yendy Hernandez Miss Toone English 8C, Per. 3 12 March 2024 Differentiating Homicides Homicide happens everyday and it usually takes time to investigate everything about that murder case. In “Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl, a fictional horror story, there is a happy couple and in a matter of minutes one is murdered. A woman who deeply loves her husband finds out that he does not feel the same and takes matters into her own hands (Dahl 2). The husband doesn’t know that he is about to die; his wife seemingly takes out a lamb’s leg and hits him in the back of the head (Dahl 2). The wife has a routine throughout the day, therefore she has an ally, she calls the police and tells them that she had gone out for food and when she came home, her …show more content…

Secondly, in both of the horror stories the police came.In the “Lamb to the Slaughter” the wife had called the police, this way she would not be a suspect to them (Dahl 4). However, in “The Tell-Tale Heart” someone heard the old man’s shriek and called the police to check it out (Poe 83). Lastly, both of the victims had no idea that they were going to die. In “Lamb to the Slaughter”, the husband thought that his wife would take the announcement with ease, instead she took his life (Dahl 2). While in “The Tell-Tale Heart” the old man did not suspect anything, his caretaker was just taking care of him and nothing else, he did not know about the hatred his caretaker felt towards his appearance (Poe 81). The helpless old man in The Tell-Tale Heart could not defend himself whatsoever and was at a weak point in age, while in “Lamb to the Slaughter” the husband was a detective and could defend himself. In contrast, there are still numerous differences throughout both stories. One of those differences is the weapons the assassins used to kill the victims with. In “Lamb to the Slaughter”, the wife killed her husband with a lamb leg (Dahl

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