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Character Essay Characterization, a method that an author chooses to develop his/her character, is a very important element in a story. In ââ¬Å"Lamb to the Slaughter,â⬠Roald Dahl, effectively develops the protagonist both directly and indirectly; however, the use of indirect characterization is more dominant because it reveals her actions and how she deals with her conflict, her words, and creating a dynamic character with her words, and her personality. à à à à à First, she seems like a typical house-wife longing for her husband to return, but something is odd about this particular day; ââ¬Å"There was a slow smiling air about her, and about everything she didâ⬠¦was curiously tranquilâ⬠¦the eyes, with their new placid look, seemed larger, and darker than beforeâ⬠(108). It was almost as if she is expecting something unusual to happen, and that she is preparing for that specific moment. In addition, her actions change from being a wife-pleasing-husband, to a self-conscious woman that knew all of a sudden, exactly what to do, as if she had been prepared for months. Also, in the beginning of the story she is described as a inoffensive, harmless person, but immediately after her husband reveals his burden, she becomes unstable and almost naturally she hits her husband. She ââ¬Å"â⬠¦simply walked up behind him and without any pause she swung the big frozen leg of lambâ⬠¦and brought it down as hard as she couldâ⬠¦Ã¢â¬ (111). And as strange as it looks, she goes somewhat through a metamorphoses, from being a content house-wife, to a maniac, possessed woman, to the point of killing her husband. à à à à à Second, she reveals through her words, her duplicity and deceitfulness by exterminating all the evidence left. When the police arrived she trying to hide evidence, asks for her husbandââ¬â¢s whiskey, ââ¬Å"ââ¬ËJackâ⬠¦would you mind giving me a drink?ââ¬â¢Ã¢â¬ ¦Ã¢â¬â¢You mean this whiskey?ââ¬â¢Ã¢â¬ ¦Ã¢â¬â¢Yes, pleaseââ¬â¢Ã¢â¬ ¦Ã¢â¬â¢Why donââ¬â¢t you eat up that lamb that is in the oven?ââ¬â¢Ã¢â¬ ¦Ã¢â¬ (115,116), and the reader realizes that she tries to convince others with her deceitful lies, and with a concrete set of credible words, she gets away easily; ââ¬Å"She tried a smile. It came out so peculiarâ⬠¦The voice sounded so peculiar tooâ⬠¦She rehearsed it several times moreâ⬠¦Ã¢â¬ (112). Mrs. Maloney, had thought about it even before the incident happened, for she tries to look as normal as possible, by acting it out her daily routine. à à à à à Finally, her personality creates in her a dynamic characterization, and as the reader observes it when she is talking to the shopkeeper, by saying something very odd: ââ¬Å"ââ¬â¢I got a nice leg of lamb from the freezerâ⬠¦I donââ¬â¢t much like cooking it frozenâ⬠¦but Iââ¬â¢m taking a chance on it this time.
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