Lamb of the Slaughter Report On September 7, 1953 at around 5 o’ clock in the evening Patrick Maloney was murdered in his residence by his wife Mary Maloney. She seems to have attacked the back of his head with something when he seemed unaware of things. Possible weapons she could have used is a big scanner or a heavy vase. Based on the evidence, Mary Maloney is charged with second degree murder for she knew what she was doing. At first when she atacked, it was in a heat of passion. A heat of passion is an intensely emotional state of mind induced by a type of provocation that would cause a reasonable person to act as an inpulse. In a way, it means when a person does something they didn't mean because they were triggered. In this case. Mary acted on inpulse and struck Patrick Maloney when triggered her. In the text, it clarifies, "At that point, mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause swung the big frozen leg of lamb…"(154). This reveals at that point was when Mary got emotional and hiit Patrick Maloney. Furthermore, it states how she didn't hesitate or pause, showing she wasn't really thinking. In brief, Mary Maloney attacked her husband in the heat of passion. …show more content…
After she commited the murder, she puts on a alibi to not show suspicion.
An alibi is a piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act. typically a criminal one, is allaget to have taken place. The meaning to this is that a person's true state of mind isn't presenting itself. For example, Mary put on an alibi to act as if nothing has happned and paracticed her lines for the grocer. In the text, it states, "She tried a smile. It came out rather peciular. She tried again"(155). This shows Mary tries to change her character by looking at herself in the mirror to fix herself up and to practice . This also shows her creation of th alibi that seems to look like the innocent one. In conclusion, Mary Maloney created an alibi to not be
suspected. As she was at the crime scene, she was really aware of what she was doing. Being aware is to be concered and well-informed about a particular situation or developemet. In this case, in order for Mary to be well-informed about they information they found, she would act as a victim wanting to hear news about her dead husband right away. Not only this but she also stayed in case they started getting closer to something so she would now that's her cue to distract them. An example that shows her awareness, "No, she said. She's liked to stay right where she was, in the chair"(159). This is showing how she didn't want to move or go anywhere because there could've been possible chances the policemen might say something that gets closer to the murderer and the weapon. Moreover, this proves how she showed her awareness skills in order not to get caught, meaning she knows exactly she would be guilty if she was caught. To sum it up, Mary Maloney was in thr right state knowing what she did was wrong yet tried to cover it up. Mary Maloney should be charged of second degree murder. She may have strcuk him in the heat of passion but that doesn't mean she never thought about it. She created an alibi to look as if she wasn't guilty, and she was very aware of making sure nothing could go wrong. This also relates to dramatic irony because the story kept bringing up the possibilities for the murder weapon, which the audience knew was the leg of lamb. A lesson it tells us is sometimes the most hardest things to find are right in front of us.
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In Lamb to the Slaughter, Mary Maloney, doting housewife pregnant with her first child, commits a heinous crime against her husband. After he tells her that he is leaving, she become distraught and strikes him in the head with a leg of lamb. Afterwards, Mary...
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My name is Mary Maloney--- wife to Mr. Patrick Maloney, your fellow police officer before his passing. I am a resident of 8 Chestnut Road, regular at Sam’s Market, and mother to my unborn child. I am writing this in regards to my husband’s recent death. I am writing to you because I would like to confess to murder. Yes, I killed my husband, but I believe that my motive outweighs the crime. I ask you to understand my motive and consider it in your investigation. You must feel my pain and shock that hit me before his murder, even if it only lasted minutes.
"For God's sake," he said, hearing her, but not turning round; "Don't make supper for me. I'm going out." At that point, Mary Maloney simply walked up behind him and without any pause she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his