3.Infer. Using your skills of inference, describe Mary s motivation for killing her husband: Learning Objectives. Announcements:

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1 Name: Ms. Fittz English 2 4 September 2014 English 2 Agenda Thursday, September 4 Bell-Ringer. 1. Characterization. What are you looking for when you characterize a character? 3.Infer. Using your skills of inference, describe Mary s motivation for killing her husband: II. Review: Irony III. Symbol IV. Finish Reading Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl V. Apply Symbol & Irony in Lamb to the Slaughter. VI. Analyze: Is Mary the symbolic sacrificial lamb, or the cold-blooded killer? VII. Characterization Comparison Hw #4 & Quiz #4 TOMORROW a. Mary as a caring, innocent woman (highlight evidence in pink) b. Mary as a cold-blooded killer (highlight evidence in yellow) VIII. Class Debate IX. Written Argument Learning Objectives *We will *We will Announcements: Soccer on 2:30. Grass field behind auditorium. Do YOU have what it takes to beat your English teacher? Tutoring after school 2:00-4:00 M-TR by appointment. Soccer Friday laura.fittz@mnps.org * text/call * fittz.weebly.com

2 II. Review: Irony " Irony is a literary term referring to how a person, situation, or circumstance is as it would actually seem. Many times it is the exact of what is appears to be. verbal: when the speaker says something different from what he or she actually believes (sarcasm) Example: dramatic: when the audience is more aware than the characters in a work and what the characters say or do takes on new meaning to the audience Example: cosmic: when it seems that fate is manipulating events in order to get up false hope that will eventually be ruined Example: III. Symbol " A symbol is a character, place, thing or event that stands for, often an idea. Symbols Use this space to write down any of the meanings of the symbols you see on the PowerPoint We use symbols every day! How many can you recognize? " V. Symbol & Irony in Lamb to the Slaughter. What does lamb typically symbolize? What does the expression Lamb to the slaughter typically mean? The phrase lamb to the slaughter could also refer to the Biblical idea of Example: In Genesis, Abraham is asked to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, instead of a lamb. " In Lamb to the Slaughter, however, the lamb is not the of the slaughter, but the " When we first meet meek Mary Maloney, bent over her sewing and awaiting her husband s arrival, we think that she will be the. As it turns out, her husband Patrick is the led to the " Mary brings her little leg of lamb to the slaughter as a. The investigating officers can be seen as lambs, naïve followers, led to the slaughter: first to the scene of the crime, and second to the dinner table to consume the evidence.

3 VI. Apply: Symbol of the Lamb & Irony of Lamb to the Slaughter Dahl titled this piece lamb to the slaughter to make us think about the question of Mary s innocence. The Question: Is Mary a symbolic lamb to the slaughter who is an innocent victim, or is she a guilty, cold-blooded killer? 1. What is Mary s character like at the beginning of the story? Infer what she has been doing before her husband gets home. At the beginning, would you have expected Mary to be the lamb or the slaughter? 2. What is Mary s husband s character like at the beginning of the story? 3. Using inference, what news does Mary s husband give her? 4. How does Mary act as she walks downstairs to the freezer? " when did Mary decide to kill her husband? 5. Picture Mary s actions before, during, and after she kills her husband. Do you think that she is aware of her actions? 6. How does Mary feel when she realized that she could be severely punished for committing this crime? (who is she worrying about here?) 7. How does Mary react when she sees Patrick s body (after she returns from the grocer)? 8. How does Mary act when the policemen are in her house?

4 VII. Characterization Comparison a. Mary as a caring, innocent woman (highlight evidence in pink) b. Mary as a cold-blooded killer (highlight evidence in yellow) The Question: Is Mary a symbolic lamb to the slaughter who is an innocent victim, or is she a guilty, cold-blooded killer? Mary is Evidence: What evidence do we have? Analysis: How does this show her guilt or innocence? A guilty, cold- blooded killer An innocent lamb and victim Summary of the evidence:

5 Name: Analysis of Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl. Irony. Analyze: Explain the irony of the last line of the story. Irony. Analyze. Explain the irony of the title, Lamb to the Slaughter. The Question: Is Mary a symbolic lamb to the slaughter who is an innocent victim, or is she a guilty, cold-blooded killer? Verdict: In Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl, Mary is a(n) because According to the text, This shows that Also, This demonstrates Mary s actions in Lamb to the Slaughter are motivated by Therefore, in Lamb to the Slaughter, is responsible for the death of Mary s husband because

6 Name: Ms. Fittz English 2 3 September 2014