What is the climax in lamb to the slaughter?

Answer 1

There are in fact two falling actions in the "Lamb to the Slaughter". It was when Mary said that she has killed him. The second falling action actually follows the true climax of the story. It was when Mary offered the officers something to drink when they see that the oven was still on.

Answer 2

A wife murders her husband with a leg of lamb, when his cop friends come by to investigate the murder, she had cooked the leg of lamb and they ate it. She tells them someone broke in and killed him. She gets away with it, cause they never find the weapon and don't suspect her

Answer 3

The climax in "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl occurs when Mary Maloney uses the frozen leg of lamb to murder her husband, Patrick, after he reveals he is leaving her. This moment is the turning point of the story, as Mary takes drastic action, leading to the unraveling of the plot.

Answer 4

The climax in the story is when the police offers actually eat the leg of lamb. It's not when Mary kills Patrick because that happens within the first two pages and there is a lot more to the story than that. When Mary kills Patrick would not be classified the climax it would be part of the rising action. This is the climax because that is when you know it's really the perfect murder and that Mary will get away with it.

Answer 5

Mary Maloney, a housewife devoted to making a home for her husband, and heavily pregnant, awaits her husband Patrick's return home from his job as a local police detective. Mary is very much content in her marriage, and believes her husband to be as well. When he returns, he explains he will be leaving her (and their unborn child) for another woman.

Seemingly in a trance, Mary fetches a large leg of lamb from the deep-freezer in the cellar to cook for their dinner. Patrick, his back to Mary, angrily calls to her not to make him any dinner, as he is going out. Quite suddenly, as if she is acting without thinking, Mary strikes Patrick in the back of the head with the frozen lamb leg, killing him.

Mary realises that Patrick is dead and begins, rather coldly and practically, to ponder what must happen now. There is the baby to consider; she does not know what the law does with a pregnant murderer; she will not risk the child's sharing her fate. She owes it to the unborn child to escape discovery if she can. She prepares the leg of lamb that she used as a weapon and places it in the oven to somewhat destroy the evidence. Then she considers an alibi. After practicing a cheerful mask and some innocuous remarks to make in conversation, she visits the grocer and chats blandly with him about what to make for Patrick's dinner. Upon her return to the house and to the room where her husband lies dead on the floor, she calls the police.

When the police (who are all friends of her husband) arrive, they ask Mary questions and look at the scene. Considering Mary above suspicion, the police conclude that Patrick was killed by an intruder with a large blunt object, likely made of metal. After they make a fruitless search around the house and surrounding area, Mary realises that the leg is just about done, and offers it to the policemen, pointing out that they have already been working through and past the dinner hour and that the meat will otherwise go to waste; they hesitate, but accept. During the meal, as Mary sits nearby but does not join them, the policemen discuss the murder weapon's possible location. One officer, his mouth full of meat, says it is "probably right under our very noses". Mary, overhearing, begins to laugh

Answer 6

Mary Maloney, a housewife, expects her husband Patrick to return home from his job as a local police detective. When he returns, Mary notices that he is strangely emotional and assumes that he was tired from work. Patrick finally reveals to Mary what is making him act strangely. It is not clearly said, but it is obvious that he is leaving her. Seemingly in a trance, Mary fetches a large leg of lamb from the deep-freezer in the cellar to cook for their dinner. Patrick angrily tells Mary not to make him any dinner, as he is going out. She suddenly strikes Patrick in the back of the head with the frozen lamb leg.

Mary realizes that she has killed Patrick and has to create a story to tell the detectives. She prepares the leg of lamb that she has killed her husband with and places it in the oven to destroy the evidence. After practicing a cheerful routine, she visits the grocer to establish an alibi. When she returned she enters the room with her dead husband lying on the floor and calls the police.

When the police arrive, they ask Mary questions and look at the scene. Considering Mary above suspicion the police conclude that Patrick was killed with a large blunt object, likely made of metal. After a fruitless search around the house and surrounding area, Mary is reminded the leg is cooking, and offers it to the policemen, which after hesitating they accept. During the meal they discuss the murder weapon's possible location. One officer says it is "Probably right under our very noses". Mary overhears the last line and giggles, knowing it's true.

Answer 7

When Patrick tells Mary that he is leaving her, that soon escalates into the death of Patrick maloney

Answer 8

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