This week I would like you to read the short story Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl and create a character profile of Mary Maloney using the worksheet. Hard copies of both of these are in your homework folder, but I have provided a copy of the worksheet below, just in case. Unfortunately I can't post the text of the story here as I don't own the copyright, but I can provide a link to the text online and a link to a short film version of the story on YouTube.
Film version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTuovX1Q0KE
Story online:
http://www.depa.univ-paris8.fr/IMG/pdf/lamb_to_the_slaughter_by_roald_dahl-2.pdf
This homework is due on Monday, 19th September.
Good luck!
Mary Maloney
You are going to write a profile of the character Mary Maloney from Lamb to the Slaughter. Aim to write around 200 words and use the following points to help you (if there are any words you do not know the meaning of, look them up):
Kind Caring Compassionate Dutiful
Quiet Meek Respectful Evil
Sadistic Angry Emotional
Sad Insecure
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These are just for guidance. If you can think of any other words, you can use those too.
You should also mention the following things and what they tell us about her:
· Her relationship with her husband
· How she acts before he gets home
· How she acts when he gets home
· How she reacts to what he tells her
· The murder
· What she does after she has murdered him
Ultimately, you must decide if she is a cold-blooded killer, or if the murder was a crime of passion, i.e. it was not the kind of thing she would usually do.
You can write your profile on lined paper, or type it up and print it out.
Example:
Katniss Everdeen from Hunger Games
Katniss is a kind, compassionate character, but also very brave and sometimes quite serious and maybe a little insecure. We know that she is kind because of the way she looks after her sister when her mother is too sick to. She takes this one step further when she actually puts her life on the line by volunteering to take her place in the Hunger Games. This is also how we know she is brave.
We know that Katniss is generally quite serious because she does not laugh and joke a lot and when she has to go on television for the first time, she does not seem to enjoy it. She is clearly very angry about the whole idea of the Hunger Games.
She seems a little insecure because of the way she is with Gale. She clearly likes him, but isn’t sure if he likes her. If she wasn’t so insecure and had more confidence in herself, she might tell him how she feels and not worry so much about him rejecting her.
Ultimately, Katniss is a very strong character; despite her insecurities and fears, she can look after herself and others.
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